We have reached a point, largely through the aid which the North has given to the South during the last thirty years, where there is little opposition in the South to the people of the Negro race receiving any form of education.
Washington highlights the progress made in the South regarding education for the Negro race, attributing it to Northern support.
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From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race.
Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.
I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.