Booker T. Washington: “Be clean, in your person, your language and in your thoughts.”

Even the most ignorant members of my race on the remote plantations felt in their hearts, with a certainty that admitted of no doubt, that the freedom of the slaves would be the one great result of the war, if the Northern armies conquered.

I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.

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

From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race.