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Booker T. Washington: This is an annual gathering which now brings to the school eight or nine hundred representative men and women of the…

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This is an annual gathering which now brings to the school eight or nine hundred representative men and women of the race, who come to spend a day in finding out what the actual industrial, mental, and moral conditions of the people are, and in forming plans for improvement.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington describes the annual gathering as a platform for discussing the conditions and improvement plans for the race.

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