Booker T. Washington: “We are here for the purpose of educating you, that you may become strong, intelligent and helpful.”

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

I think I never saw a community of people so happy over anything as were the coloured people over the prospect of this new building.

I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.

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…