Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, The Negro in the South, His Economic Progress in Relation to His Moral and Religious Development (1907)
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Suppose to-day Negroes do steal; who was it that for centuries made stealing a virtue by stealing their labor?
— Booker T. Washington on Theft
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About Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).
About Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).
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