Booker T. Washington: “And until we get to the point where we can get happiness and supreme satisfaction out of helping our fellows, we are not…”

I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.

When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.

I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.

I have great faith in the power and influence of facts.