To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbor, I would say 'Cast down your bucket where you are.'


The Story of My Life and Work (ed. 1900)

Booker T. Washington Quotes

To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations...

To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations...

To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations...

To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations...