Booker T. Washington: “In a word, the Negro youth starts out with the presumption against him.”

I can scarcely imagine any torture, except, perhaps, the pulling of a tooth, that is equal to that caused by putting on a new flax shirt for the first time.

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.

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…

I have always looked upon fame as something to be used in accomplishing good.