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Black-belt diamonds;

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

Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)

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"Honesty the Best Policy"

False Education

Lack of Manufactories

What a Thousand Dollars will Do

The Slave of Duty

Evil of Card-Playing

Dependence upon the North

The Wealth of the South

What is Taught at Tuskegee

The Conqueror's Limitations

What Ignorance Costs

Intrinsic Worth

The Bread and Meat Side

Decrease of Crime

The Pilgrim Fathers

Begun by Lincoln

Work in the Black Belt

Leadership of the Masses

A Refined Family

Sound Mind and Body

Where Resistance Begins

The Great Problem

Most Competent Workman

The Higher Education

Misdirected Effort

His Inheritance

Art and Music in Log-Cabins

The Saddest Sight

How to Unite High and Low

Poverty and Ignorance

The White Neighbor

Disposing of the Negro

How to Fight Prejudice

The Great American Heart

"A Condition, not a Theory"

The Conscientious Worker

Gains against Losses

Christian Heathen

Basis of Success

A Century's Meaning

What Makes Social Mudsills

Self-Confidence

Help Ignorant Ministers

New Wine in Old Bottles

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Hold Fast to Opportunities

We should not permit our grievances to
overshadow our opportunities.

Atlanta Speech.