"The great and intricate problem." Democracy, the Negro problem, and the idea of race relations -- "Negroes whose habits you know." The boy, "Booker, " progress, and "racial feeling" -- "They will pull against you the load downward." The freedpeople's failure and Booker Washington's rescue -- "Gathered from miscellaneous sources." Democratic possibilities and other kinds of "racial feelings" -- "Prepared for the exercise of these privileges." A new Negro and the end of democracy.