Up From Slavery: An Autobiography — Vocabulary
Booker T. Washington
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I did receive, however, a small salary from the public fund, for my work as a public-school teacher.†38 more

There was a further feeling that a knowledge, however little, of the Greek and Latin languages would make one a very superior human being, something bordering almost on the supernatural.38 more

It is now long ago that I learned this lesson from General Armstrong, and resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.8 more

There was never a time in my youth, no matter how dark and discouraging the days might be, when one resolve did not continually remain with me, and that was a determination to secure an education at any cost.8 more

Before the end of the vacation she gave me some work, and this, together with work in a coal-mine at some distance from my home, enabled me to earn a little money.†12 more

While I was in charge of the Indian boys at Hampton, I had one or two experiences which illustrate the curious workings of caste in America.9 more

When I walked they made a fearful noise, and besides this they were very inconvenient, since there was no yielding to the natural pressure of the foot.†9 more

From the time that Garrison, Lovejoy, and others began to agitate for freedom, the slaves throughout the South kept in close touch with the progress of the movement.7 more

In the spring of 1895 I received a telegram from prominent citizens in Atlanta asking me to accompany a committee from that city to Washington8 more

When the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention was in session, I wrote an open letter to that body pleading for justice for the race.2 more

These were the ambitious youths of the race, at work with an earnestness that put to shame the conventional student life of most educational institutions.2 more

The Alabama Legislature was in session in Montgomery at this time.10 more

If in an audience of a thousand people there is one person who is not in sympathy with my views, or is inclined to be doubtful, cold, or critical, I can pick him out.6 more

A similar reception was given me in New Orleans, which was presided over by the Mayor of the city.9 more

[M]y mother adopted into our family, notwithstanding our poverty, an orphan boy, to whom afterward we gave the name of James B. Washington.15 more

I was never given a more cordial hearing anywhere.8 more

trying to secure money for philanthropic purposes10 more

The English abolitionists with whom we came in contact never seemed to tire of talking about these two Americans.†6 more

At the close of my school year in Washington I was very pleasantly surprised to receive, from a committee of three white people in Charleston, an invitation to canvass the state in the interests of that city.†3 more

I think I may say, without seeming egotism, that it is seldom that five years have wrought such a change in the life and aspirations of an individual.†2 more