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There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I...

There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I...

Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact...

Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact...

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime,...

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime,...

My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred...

My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred...

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman...

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman...

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race;...

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race;...

She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves.

She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves.

Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found...

Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found...

Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid...

Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid...

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as...

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as...

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided...

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided...

The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain...

The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain...

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and...

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and...

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its...

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its...

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of...

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of...

As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice...

But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice...