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... The Speaker - Page 391907Full view - About this book
| United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1894 - 1204 pages
...Northern philanthropists, who have made their gifts a constant stream of blessing and encouragement. Tho wisest among my race understand that the agitation...enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to ua must bo the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing. No race that... | |
| Albert Shaw - Literature - 1895 - 790 pages
...excellent speech, which was applauded to the echo, Mr. Washington expressed the following sentiments : The wisest among my race understand that the agitation...constant struggle, rather than of artificial forcing. Ko race that has anything tq contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.... | |
| Elisha Benjamin Andrews - United States - 1896 - 448 pages
...spirit, the knowing ones from conviction. In his Atlanta Exposition address, Booker T. Washington said, " The wisest among my race understand that the agitation...constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing." The brightest^ Afro-Americans also deprecated the willingness of their race to be coddled. The New... | |
| United States - 1896 - 1178 pages
...wisest among my race understand that tho agitation of questions of social equality i M the exlremcst folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must bo tho result of severo and constant struggle rallier than of artificial forcing. No race that has... | |
| United States. Office of Education - Education - 1896 - 1182 pages
...Northern philanthropists, who have made their gifts a constant stream of blessing aud encouragement. The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremcst folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must... | |
| George Pierce Baker - Oratory - 1904 - 508 pages
...Northern philanthropists, who have made their gifts a constant stream of blessing and 10 encouragement. The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremes! folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must... | |
| Alexander Corkey - African American universities and colleges - 1911 - 336 pages
...eagerly than ever.) " We are all well aware that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing, but the time has come for all of us to understand that in negro education lies the salvation of our... | |
| Booker T. Washington, Albon L. Holsey - African Americans - 1915 - 516 pages
...discuss. As I said in my Atlanta address, 'The wisest among my race understand that the agitations of questions of social equality is the extremest folly,...severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.1 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. 235 God knows that both — we, of the black race and the white race... | |
| Emmett Jay Scott, Lyman Beecher Stowe - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 406 pages
...colored people do not want social equality.' (This man's interpretation of this sentence in the speech, "The wisest among my race understand that the agitation...constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.") I tell you that is a lie. We do want social equality. Why, don't you want your manhood recognized?... | |
| Emmett Jay Scott, Lyman Beecher Stowe - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 392 pages
...colored people do not want social equality.' (This man's interpretation of this sentence in the speech, "The wisest among my race understand that the agitation...constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.") I tell you that is a lie. We do want social equality. Why, don't you want your manhood recognized ?... | |
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