Let all discrimination on account of color be avoided in the public schools of Washington, let them be amply provided for in respect to funds and teachers, and a very few years will see the example followed all over our free country.
Sumner advocates for the elimination of racial discrimination in Washington's public schools, predicting a nationwide shift towards equality.
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