1917–1929
An Address on Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: You ask that which he found a piece of property and turned into a free American citizen to speak to you tonight on Abraham Lincoln.
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Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: You ask that which he found a piece of property and turned into a free American citizen to speak to you tonight on Abraham Lincoln.
Gentlemen: You ask one whom the Great Emancipator found a piece of property and left an American citizen to speak of Abraham Lincoln. My first acquaintance with our hero and
Ladies and Gentlemen: We stand tonight on historic ground. Charleston and South Carolina have made history — history that will always occupy a prominent place in the annals of our
Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Citizens: In this presence, and on this sacred and memorable day, in the deeds and death of our hero, we recall the old, old story, ever old,
It makes a great deal of difference in the life of a race, as it does in the life of an individual, whether the world expects much or little of
UNIMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES There are several things I shall say to you to-night, which may not sound very agreeable or encouraging to many of you, yet you will agree with me
ONE day, while at work in the coal-mine, I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people somewhere in Virginia. This was the first time
My dear Mr. Barlow: Thank you again for your kind letter of January [February] 9th. I am glad that you received the papers and the picture. I shall be interested
Washington, Booker T. “Industrial Education for the Negro,” The Negro Problem: A Series of Articles by Representative Negroes of To-Day. (New York: James Pott & Co., 1903). pg. 9-28. https://archive.org/details/cu31924073631339/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is said that the strongest chain is no stronger than its weakest link. In the Southern part of our country there are twenty-two millions