Booker T. Washington: “I want you to go forward by thoroughness in your work; by being more conscientious in your work; by loving your work…”

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

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

The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression upon me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.

Even to this day I can recall accurately the tortures that I underwent when putting on one of these garments.