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I do not know which to put first, the effect of Tuskegee’s work on the Negro, or the effect on the attitude of the white man to the Negro.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
Washington expresses uncertainty about which impact is more significant: the influence of Tuskegee on African Americans or on white attitudes towards them.
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