Booker T. Washington Quotes - 3 quotes

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an influential African American educator, author, and advisor to multiple U.S. presidents. Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he rose to prominence after the Civil War. Washington founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1881, emphasizing vocational education and economic self-reliance for African Americans. He was a key proponent of African-American businesses and founded the National Negro Business League. Washington's autobiography, "Up from Slavery," remains a significant work in American literature. He passed away on November 14, 1915, in Tuskegee, Alabama.

quote icon I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

- Booker T. Washington

quote icon I am afraid that there is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

- Booker T. Washington

quote icon A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it's accepted by the majority.

- Booker T. Washington

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