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Booker T. Washington: No student, no matter how much money he may be able to command, is permitted to go through school without doing manual…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
No student, no matter how much money he may be able to command, is permitted to go through school without doing manual labour.
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Booker T. Washington

Editor's note · Context

From his autobiography, Washington describes a core policy at Tuskegee Institute regarding student labor.

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