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Booker T. Washington: “How shall we make the mansion on yon Beacon Street feel and see the need of the spirits in the lowliest cabin in Alabama…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
How shall we make the mansion on yon Beacon Street feel and see the need of the spirits in the lowliest cabin in Alabama cotton-fields or Louisiana sugar-bottoms?
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Booker T. Washington

Editor's note · Context

In his autobiography, Washington poses a rhetorical question about bridging the gap between the wealthy and the impoverished.

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