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To-day, unless we prepare ourselves to compete with the world, we must go to the wall as a race.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “To-day, unless we prepare ourselves to compete with the world, we must go to the wall as a race.”
Editor's note · Context
Washington warns that without preparation for competition, the Black race risks failure.
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