On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
There never was a baser falsehood uttered concerning a race, or a statement made that was less capable of being proved by actual facts.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “There never was a baser falsehood uttered concerning a race, or a statement made that was less capable of being proved…”
Editor's note · Context
Responding to a derogatory claim about the virtue of Black women, Washington vehemently denounces it as a baseless and unprovable falsehood.
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