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Black-belt diamonds;

gems from the speeches, addresses, and talks to students of Booker T. Washington ...
  
  
  
  

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What will the Student Do?

The question that should come to each one
of you with a force that no other question does,
is: "Are you going to act in a way to deserve
the interest your parents have for you? How
are you going to deport yourself? Are you
going to disappoint your parents, or are you
going to fulfil their highest expectations? Are
you going to fill their hearts with sorrow and
disappointment or with joy and gladness, make
them feel that their lives are worth living, because
of the life you are trying to live?

Sunday Evening Tuskegee Talks.