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Black-belt diamonds;

gems from the speeches, addresses, and talks to students of Booker T. Washington ...
  
  
  
  

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Starting from the Bottom

Starting thirty years ago without a foot of
land, without a hoe, without a horse, and


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unused to self-guidance and habits of economy,
his mind befogged with ignorance and superstition,
could you expect him to have travelled
very far in the direction of intelligence, wealth,
and independence?

New England Woman's Club.