I do feel, in my dreamings and yearnings, so undiscovered by those who are able to help me.

Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.

Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.

[To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?