Booker T. Washington Quote

We are led into saying that there is no difference between us and other people. We must admit that there is a difference produced by the unequal opportunities. To argue otherwise is to discredit the effects of slavery.


From Stumbling Blocks, quoted in Black-Belt Diamonds (1898), edited by Victoria Earle Matthews


We are led into saying that there is no difference between us and other people. We must admit that there is a difference produced by the unequal...

We are led into saying that there is no difference between us and other people. We must admit that there is a difference produced by the unequal...

We are led into saying that there is no difference between us and other people. We must admit that there is a difference produced by the unequal...

We are led into saying that there is no difference between us and other people. We must admit that there is a difference produced by the unequal...