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Booker T. Washington

“We make no effort to persuade our young people to go North for service, as we believe they can find the greatest usefulness in the South among their fellows.”

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“We make no effort to persuade our young people to go North for service, as we believe they can find the greatest usefulness in the South among their fellows.”

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Tuskegee Normal And Industrial Institute letterhead, November 20, 1901. Letter to Reverend Charles Kreider. In part, 'I beg to say that we have numbers of girls taking courses in our domestic science at Tuskegee...we make no effort to persuade our young people to go North for service, as we believe they can find the greatest usefulness in the South among their fellows.' In fine condition, with a light shade of toning and expected folds. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #276 - Ended August 20, 2003