When I first came to Tuskegee, I determined that I would make it my home, that I would take as much pride in the right actions of the people of the town as any white man could do, and that I would, at the same time, deplore the wrong-doing of the people as much as any white man.
Upon arriving in Tuskegee, Washington outlines his personal commitment to the community, embracing both its successes and failures.
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