I knew that in the case of white people beginning such an enterprise it would be taken for granted that they were going to succeed, but in our case I felt that people would be surprised if we succeeded.
Washington contrasts the societal expectations for white-led institutions with the skepticism faced by Black-led initiatives like Tuskegee.
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I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
I have always looked upon fame as something to be used in accomplishing good.
I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.