Booker T. Washington: “In proportion as we do this, we shall lay a foundation upon which our children and grandchildren are to rise to higher…”

I have great faith in the power and influence of facts.

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.

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

Having once got its tentacles fastened on to the economic and social life of the Republic, it was no easy matter for the country to relieve itself of the institution.