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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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The Pure and the Chaste

The Little Green Ballot

Hunger and Politics

From Sentiment to Business

The Fault-Finder

Great Need it is

In Freedom's Holy Cause

Pre-eminence of the South

Evidence of Growth

Easier of Two Difficulties

Ham always on Hand

Idealizing Life

The New Emancipation

A Self-Evident Truth

His Christian Love

Wisdom of Stupidity

A Two-Edged Sword

Stand up for the Right

Narrows and Degrades

Angels and Devils in Parties

The North's Debt

"An Eye for an Eye"

How Success is Achieved

Doing Right Unseen

Mental Strength the Basis

"Barbers" and "Tonsorial Artists"

Not Easily Forgotten

Right to Earn and Spend

Ownership of the Soil

Difficult Tasks

Virtue in the Log-Cabin

Growth of an Idea

Not at all Possible

"Love thy Neighbor"

Freed the North and South

The Common Highway

Dignifying Labor

Where the Negro Disappears

Scientific Education

The Great Benefactor

Poor Whites of the South

The Negro's Salvation

What we shall Do

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"One Touch of Nature"

We are led into saying that there is no difference
between us and other people. We

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must admit that there is a difference produced
by the unequal opportunities. To argue otherwise
is to discredit the effects of slavery.

Stumbling Blocks.