| That was Booker T. Washington, a man worth
a hundred Roosevelts, a man whose shoe-latchets Mr. Roosevelt is not worthy
to untie. - Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3 (2015) |
 AI image created by R. Kent Rasmussen |
 Mark Twain (on the left) and Booker T. Washington, January 22, 1906. See news story from THE NEW YORK TIMES. |
It was at a Fourth of July reception in
Mr Choate's house in London that I first met Booker T. Washington. I have
met him a number of times since, and he always impresses me pleasantly.
Last night he was a mulatto. I didn't notice it until he turned, while he
was speaking, and said something to me. It was a great surprise to me to
see that he was a mulatto and had blue eyes. How unobservant a dull person
can be. Always before, he was black, to me, and I had never noticed whether
he had eyes at all, or not. - Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 (2010) |
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T. Washington's AUTOBIOGRAPHY
from NEW YORK SUN, March 26, 1901
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