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FDR: How marvelous has been the advancement of your race, 'Up from Slavery,' to quote the title of a book which won universal…

On the recordOctober 5, 1940
How marvelous has been the advancement of your race, 'Up from Slavery,' to quote the title of a book which won universal admiration when the great Booker T. Washington gave it to the world nearly forty years ago.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Greeting on the Anniversary Celebration of the Thirteenth Amendment

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