The cringing, fawning, sniffling, cowardly Negro which slavery left, had disappeared, and a new Negro, self-respecting, fearless, and determined in the assertion of his rights was at hand.
Ye who chronicle history and mark epochs in the career of races and nations must put here a towering, gigantic, century stone, as marking the passing of one and the ushering in of another great era in the history of the colored people of the United States.

Rebellions, for one cause or another, broke out in almost every one of these schools presided over by white faculties, and as a rule, the Negro students triumphed.
These men who engineered and participated in these rebellions were the future leaders of their race.

In these rebellions, they learned the power of combinations, and that white men could be made to capitulate to colored men under certain circumstances.

In these schools, probably one hundred thousand students had these thoughts instilled in them.
These one hundred thousand went to their respective homes and told of their prowess to their playmates who could not follow them to the college walls.

In the light of these facts the great events yet to be recorded are fully accounted for.
Remember that this was Belton's first taste of rebellion against the whites for the securing of rights denied simply because of color.