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Booker T. Washington: “What are you going to do as your part towards reaching these people, towards carrying to them the light which they need…”

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What are you going to do as your part towards reaching these people, towards carrying to them the light which they need so much and so earnestly long for?
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington challenges his audience to consider their role in educating and uplifting others.

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