Booker T. Washington: “Now I do not mean to disparage the value of this kind of training, because among the things that education should do for…”

The whole machinery of slavery was so constructed as to cause labour, as a rule, to be looked upon as a badge of degradation, of inferiority.

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.

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.

From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race.