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Herbert Hoover: “The progress of the race within this period has surpassed the most sanguine hopes of the most ardent advocates.”

On the recordApril 13, 1931
The progress of the race within this period has surpassed the most sanguine hopes of the most ardent advocates.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

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

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