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Booker T. Washington: “This, in a large measure, helped to lay the foundation for the pleasant relations that have continued to exist between…”

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This, in a large measure, helped to lay the foundation for the pleasant relations that have continued to exist between us and the white people in that section, and which now extend throughout the South.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington discusses how brickmaking fostered positive relationships between Black and white communities in the South.

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