Booker T. Washington: “You can get the most out of this Conference by putting into practice this effort to make other people happy.”

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

As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.

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

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…