Booker T. Washington: “We want to be sure that wherever our life touches that of the white man, we conduct ourselves so that he will get the…”

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

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.

I never saw a man who so completely lost sight of himself.

I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.