On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Washington arose as essentially the leader not of one race but of two,—a compromiser between the South, the North, and the Negro.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois critically analyzes Booker T. Washington's role as a leader who sought to mediate between different racial and regional interests in America.
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