Booker T. Washington: “White men learned that they could dignify that branch of labour, and they began to study it in schools.”

Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.

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.

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.

I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.