Booker T. Washington
American educator, author and orator (1856 to 1915); the primary leader of the African-American community from 1890 to 1915; author of Up from Slavery.
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No race can prosper until it sees as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top.
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No race can prosper until it sees as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top.
Up from Slavery (1901) Said 18 Sept 1895
Grievances should not be allowed to overshadow opportunities
Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.
Up from Slavery (1901) Said 18 Sept 1895
The races can be socially separate yet united in everything essential to mutual progress
In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
Up from Slavery (1901) Said 18 Sept 1895
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There is no security for anyone except in the highest intelligence and development of all
There is no defence or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
Up from Slavery (1901) Said 18 Sept 1895
Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing
The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.
Up from Slavery (1901) Said 18 Sept 1895
No race with something to contribute to world markets stays ostracized for long
No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
Up from Slavery (1901) Said 18 Sept 1895
Legal rights matter, but being prepared to exercise them matters far more
It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercises of these privileges. The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera-house.
Up from Slavery (1901) Said 18 Sept 1895
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