On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
In a few hours the great questions with which the Anglo-Saxon race had been grappling for centuries had been thrown upon these people to be solved.
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Booker T. Washington
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Washington reflects on the immense historical and societal challenges that newly emancipated African Americans were suddenly expected to confront.
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