Booker T. Washington: “No person who has left this habit unlearned can reach the highest success in life.”

These discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept themselves informed of events by what was termed the “grape-vine” telegraph.

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

But taking place at the time it did, and for the reason that it did, no one could ever make me believe that my mother was guilty of thieving.

Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.