Booker T. Washington: “These were the questions of a home, a living, the rearing of children, education, citizenship, and the establishment and…”

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

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 great faith in the power and influence of facts.