Booker T. Washington: “At the end of his visit I resolved anew to devote myself more earnestly than ever to the cause which was so near his…”

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

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

I think I never saw a community of people so happy over anything as were the coloured people over the prospect of this new building.

In order to defend and protect the women and children who were left on the plantations when the white males went to war, the slaves would have laid down their lives.