Whenever it is written—and I hope it will be—the part that the Yankee teachers played in the education of the Negroes immediately after the war will make one of the most thrilling parts of the history off this country.
Washington asserts the profound and thrilling historical importance of the "Yankee teachers'" contributions to the education of Black Americans following the Civil War.
Share
More from Booker T. Washington
This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.
I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.
When persons ask me in these days how, in the midst of what sometimes seem hopelessly discouraging conditions, I can have such faith in the future of my race in this country, I remind them of the wilderness through which and out of which…
Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.