Booker T. Washington: “Each individual who wishes to succeed must get that kind of discipline.”

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.

No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.

The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.