
Transcriber's note
Dedication.
Foreword.
The Future.
The Colored Child Beautiful.
The Colored Girl Beautiful.
Law of Attraction—Vibrations.
Love.
Personal Appearance.
Deep Breathing.
In this heartfelt collection, a seasoned educator shares the conversations she held with young Black women at institutions like Tuskegee. The talks blend practical guidance on personal appearance, self‑control, and confidence with deeper reflections on love, spirituality, and the role of the upcoming generation. Listeners are invited into an intimate dialogue that balances earnest encouragement with realistic observations of the era’s social climate.
The speaker emphasizes the power of thought, breathing, and personal grooming as tools for cultivating both inner and outward beauty, insisting that the future of the race depends on nurturing the next generation. She weaves together advice on education, relationships, and self‑esteem while urging a collective commitment to uplift and refine communal standards. By the end, listeners gain a snapshot of early 20th‑century aspirations for empowerment, offering timeless ideas that still resonate today.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (119K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2010-02-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1867–1922
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