Booker T. Washington: “The whole Republic was a victim of that fundamental error of importing Africa into America.”

I repeat my belief that the world is growing in the direction of giving.

As a rule, not only did the members of my race entertain no feelings of bitterness against the whites before and during the war, but there are many instances of Negroes tenderly caring for their former masters and mistresses who for some…

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.