There is no need why, as a race, we should get into the miserable and unfortunate habit of living in houses that are out of repair, that are not whitewashed or painted, that are not comfortable, and above all else, in houses that we do not own.
Washington advocates for the improvement of living conditions within the African American community.
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I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
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.
The whole machinery of slavery was so constructed as to cause labour, as a rule, to be looked upon as a badge of degradation, of inferiority.