Booker T. Washington: “I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.”

As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.

I think I never saw a community of people so happy over anything as were the coloured people over the prospect of this new building.

I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.