The part of the speech which seems to arouse the wildest and most sensational enthusiasm was that in which I thanked the President for his recognition of the Negro in his appointments during the Spanish-American war.
Washington identifies the most enthusiastically received portion of his speech as his expression of gratitude for presidential appointments of African Americans.
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He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.
I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
These discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept themselves informed of events by what was termed the “grape-vine” telegraph.
Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.