What Booker T. Washington thinks about democracy
American educator, author and orator (1856 to 1915); the primary leader of the African-American community from 1890 to 1915; author of Up from Slavery.
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3 dated positions, c. 1899, in their own words. Our reading of what Booker T. Washington has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI think it would have been better for all concerned if, immediately after the close of the war, an educational and property qualification for the exercise of the franchise had been prescribed that would have applied fairly and squarely to both races, and, also, if, in educating the Negro, greater stress had been put upon training him along the lines of industry for which his services were in the greatest demand in the South.
↗The Future of the American Negro (1899)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book
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Their wordsAny law controlling the ballot that is not absolutely just and fair to both races will work more permanent injury to the whites than to the blacks.
↗The Future of the American Negro (1899)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book
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Their wordsI believe the permanent cure for our present evils will come through a property and educational test for voting that shall apply honestly and fairly to both races.
↗The Future of the American Negro (1899)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book