Booker T. Washington: “I want to emphasize the fact that we want you to grow in the direction of character--to grow stronger each day in the…”

The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.

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

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.

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.