Many of the Southern whites have a feeling that, if the Negro is permitted to exercise his political rights now to any degree, the mistakes of the Reconstruction period will repeat themselves.
Washington discusses the fears of Southern whites regarding African American political rights and historical mistakes.
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No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.
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