All 4 Uses of
Booker T. Washington
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others.†
Chpt 3 *
- Easily the most striking thing in the history of the American Negro since 1876 is the ascendancy of Mr. Booker T. Washington.†
Chpt 3
- But Booker T. Washington arose as essentially the leader not of one race but of two,—a compromiser between the South, the North, and the Negro.†
Chpt 3
- The growing spirit of kindliness and reconciliation between the North and South after the frightful difference of a generation ago ought to be a source of deep congratulation to all, and especially to those whose mistreatment caused the war; but if that reconciliation is to be marked by the industrial slavery and civic death of those same black men, with permanent legislation into a position of inferiority, then those black men, if they are really men, are called upon by every consideration of patriotism and loyalty to oppose such a course by all civilized methods, even though such opposition involves disagreement with Mr. Booker T. Washington.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(Booker T. Washington) United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus