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Booker T. Washington: Brickmaking has now become such an important industry at the school that last season our students manufactured twelve…

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Brickmaking has now become such an important industry at the school that last season our students manufactured twelve hundred thousand of first-class bricks, of a quality suitable to be sold in any market.
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Booker T. Washington

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He highlights the significant progress made in brickmaking at the school, indicating its importance as an industry.

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