
(1899)
Preface:
In giving this volume to the public, I deem it fair to say that I have yielded to the oft-repeated requests that I put in some more definite and permanent form the ideas regarding the n***o and his future which I have expressed many times on the public platform and through the public press and magazines.I make grateful acknowledgment to the "Atlantic Monthly" and "Appleton's Popular Science Monthly" for their kindness in granting permission for the use of some part of articles which I have at various times contributed to their columns. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, October 1, 1899.

