Booker T. Washington: “Show that education has only deepened your interest in such things.”

I knew that if we failed it would injure the whole race.

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

I was supremely happy in the opportunity of being able to assist somebody else.

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.