On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Washington knew the heart of the South from birth and training, so by singular insight he intuitively grasped the spirit of the age which was dominating the North.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois describes Booker T. Washington's exceptional political acumen in understanding and appealing to both the Southern and Northern mindsets of his era.
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