To all these communications I replied that my life-work was at Tuskegee; and that whenever I spoke it must be in the interests of Tuskegee school and my race, and that I would enter into no arrangements that seemed to place a mere commercial value upon my services.
Reflecting on the aftermath of his Atlanta Exposition address, Washington explains his commitment to Tuskegee and his race over personal financial gain.
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And yet there are people who are bold enough to say that race feeling in America is not growing less intense!
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