There is no reason why we should not make our homes not only comfortable, but attractive, so that no one can tell from the outside appearance, at least, whether the house is occupied by a white family or a black family.
Washington asserts that homes should be attractive regardless of the race of the occupants.
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If my life in the past has meant anything in the lifting up of my people and the bringing about of better relations between your race and mine, I assure you from this day it will mean doubly more.
Wherever our graduates go, the changes which soon begin to appear in the buying of land, improving homes, saving money, in education, and in high moral characters are remarkable.
This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.
The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.