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The Future of the American Negro · Booker T. Washington — chapter 1 of 13 · ~91 words · public domain

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The Negroes' proper use of education--Hayti, Santo Domingo, and Liberia as illustrations of the lack of practical training-- Present necessity for union of all forces to further the cause of industrial education--Industrial education not opposed to the higher education--Results of practical training so far--Little or no prejudice against capable Negroes in business in the South--The Negro at first shunned labor as degrading-- Hampton and Tuskegee aim to remove this feeling--The South does not oppose industrial education for the Negroes-- Address to Tuskegee students setting forth the necessity of steadfastness of purpose.

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