America 6
- Most effort should go into making Black Americans among the most skilled farmers in the world
- Returning to Africa offers no way out for Black Americans in the South
Booker T. Washington
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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What Booker T. Washington says most about
education 4
- The lasting cure for present evils lies in a property and education voting test applied honestly to both races
- Agricultural education should have come first since self-support is the first condition for lifting up a race
politics 2
- After emancipation the emphasis was wrongly put on politics and office-holding
- As long as politics divides along the colour line there will be trouble