Booker T. Washington: “He must be willing to sacrifice for the good of the community.”

The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.

The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression upon me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.

I have great faith in the power and influence of facts.

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…