Booker T. Washington: “In fact, the thing that touched me almost as deeply as the visit of the President itself was the deep pride which all…”

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

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.

The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression upon me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.