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The Future of the American Negro · Booker T. Washington — chapter 4 of 13 · ~87 words · public domain

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Difficulty of fusion--Africa impossible as a refuge because already completely claimed by other nations--Comparison of Negro race with white--Physical condition of the Negro--Present lack of ability to organize--Weaknesses--Ability to work--Trustworthiness Desire to rise--Obstructions put in the way of Negroes' advancement--Results of oppression--Necessity for encouragement and self-respect--Comparison of Negroes' position and that of the Jews--Lynching--Non-interference of the North-- Increase of lynching--Statistics of numbers, races, places, causes of violence--Uselessness of lynching in preventing crime--Fairness in carrying out the laws--Increase of crime among the Negroes--Reason for it--Responsibility of both races.

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