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Many of them say that they want to employ coloured people, would be glad to give them places of responsibility, but that they cannot find men who will stick to their work.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
Washington highlights the desire of employers to hire African Americans but their frustration with the perceived lack of reliability.
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