Harper Lee’s new novel comes out next week. Here are 10 other must-reads by Alabamians

[tps_title]Up From Slavery- Booker T. Washington[/tps_title]Booker T. Washington rose from a small slave hut in Virginia to become the most influential spokesman for African-Americans of his day. In this autobiographical tale, he describes events in a remarkable life that began in slavery and ended in worldwide recognition for his many accomplishments. In simply written yet emotionally encapsulating passages, he tells of his impoverished childhood and youth, the unrelenting struggle for an education, early teaching assignments, his selection in 1881 to head Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute, and numerous other accomplishments best heard from the man himself.