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Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements

Booker T. Washington · 1905

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trying to advance a student in his work. I might add here that the teachers here named are, with two exceptions, among the pioneers in the building of the school.

Mr. Booker T. Washington's personality is the great thing at Tuskegee, and every student who goes there feels the strength of the man's rugged individuality. "Mr. B. T." is an affectionate term used by the students, but it springs from an indescribable, spontaneous feeling of love and veneration. His Sunday evening talks to the students are to me like the

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Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements · Booker T. Washington · 1905