Booker T. Washington: “Education is not a thing apart from life—not a “system,” nor a philosophy; it is direct teaching how to live and how to…”

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.

I was supremely happy in the opportunity of being able to assist somebody else.

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.

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…