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Booker T. Washington: “Another thing that is becoming more apparent each year in the development of education in the South is the influence of…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
Another thing that is becoming more apparent each year in the development of education in the South is the influence of General Armstrong’s idea of education; and this not upon the blacks alone, but upon the whites also.
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Booker T. Washington

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In his autobiography, Washington highlights the growing influence of General Armstrong's educational philosophy on both Black and white education in the South.

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