Frederick Douglass: “As an orator and thinker, his position is equally high, in the opinion of his countrymen.”

The day we celebrate is preëminently the colored man’s day.

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

The sentiment that brings us here to-day is one of the noblest that can stir and thrill the human heart.

Covey succeeded in breaking me--in body, soul, and spirit.