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Not long ago I received fifty dollars from a white man in Mississippi to pay for the education of a black boy.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “Not long ago I received fifty dollars from a white man in Mississippi to pay for the education of a black boy.”
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Washington shares a personal anecdote about receiving financial support for a black boy's education from a white man.
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