This, I believe, should be so because the race is an agricultural one, and because my hope is that it will remain such.
Booker T. Washington: “This, I believe, should be so because the race is an agricultural one, and because my hope is that it will remain such.”
Editor's note · Context
Washington expresses his belief in the agricultural roots of the African American community and hopes for its future.
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