Booker T. Washington: “Just in proportion as you do this, you will find that you will not only influence yourself in the right direction, but…”

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.

I repeat my belief that the world is growing in the direction of giving.

Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.

As a rule, not only did the members of my race entertain no feelings of bitterness against the whites before and during the war, but there are many instances of Negroes tenderly caring for their former masters and mistresses who for some…