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Herbert Hoover: “The greatest single factor in the progress of the Negro race has been the schools, private and public.”

On the recordApril 13, 1931
The greatest single factor in the progress of the Negro race has been the schools, private and public.
Said by
Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Radio Address on the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of Tuskegee Institute.

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