Booker T. Washington: “The ignorant man will always be ignorant, if he fears that by asking for information he will betray his lack of…”

He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.

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.

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.

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