Booker T. Washington: “Why do they never fail to touch the tenderest chord--to bring tears from the eyes of rich and poor--from king and…”

The more I come into contact with wealthy people, the more I believe that they are growing in the direction of looking upon their money simply as an instrument which God has placed in their hand for doing good with.

By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.

What is equally important, they are exhibiting a degree of common sense and self-control which is causing better relations to exist between the races, and is causing the Southern white man to learn to believe in the value of educating the…

This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.