Booker T. Washington: “Committing to memory pages of written matter, or becoming deft in the handling of tools, is not the supreme thing at…”

Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.

From the time that I can remember anything, almost every day of my life had been occupied in some kind of labour; though I think I would now be a more useful man if I had had time for sports.

These discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept themselves informed of events by what was termed the “grape-vine” telegraph.

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