"There is (a) class of colored people who make a business
of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before
the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their
troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs --
partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these
people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want
to lose their jobs. ... " Booker T. Washington
of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before
the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their
troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs --
partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these
people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want
to lose their jobs. ... " Booker T. Washington
