"In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls – with the great outside world."
American educator, author, and orator who became a leading Black intellectual figure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He founded the Tuskegee Institute and promoted industrial education. He was one of the most influential voices in U.S. education and civil society of his era.