On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
The time is not far distant when the whole South will appreciate this service in a way that it has not yet been able to do.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
Washington expresses his belief that the Southern states will eventually come to fully appreciate the educational contributions made by "Yankee teachers" after the Civil War.
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