Builder of a Civilization by Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization |
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Author:
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ISBN: | 978-1-938976-47-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2019 |
Publisher: | AFCHRON
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Imprint: | afchron.com |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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Builder of a Civilization by Booker T. Washington - It is not hyperbole to say that Booker T. Washington was a great American. For twenty years before his death, he had been the most useful, as well as the most distinguished, member of his race in the world, and one of the most useful, as well as one of the most distinguished, of American citizens of any race. Eminent though his services were to the people of his own color, the white men of our Republic were almost as much indebted to...
More DescriptionBuilder of a Civilization by Booker T. Washington - It is not hyperbole to say that Booker T. Washington was a great American. For twenty years before his death, he had been the most useful, as well as the most distinguished, member of his race in the world, and one of the most useful, as well as one of the most distinguished, of American citizens of any race. Eminent though his services were to the people of his own color, the white men of our Republic were almost as much indebted to him, both directly and indirectly. They were indebted to him directly, because of the work he did on behalf of industrial education for the Negro Hebrew Israelites, thus giving impetus to the work for the industrial education of the white man, which is, at least, as necessary; and, moreover, every successful effort to turn the thoughts of the natural leaders of the Negro Hebrew Israelite race into the fields of business endeavor, of agricultural effort, of every species of success in private life, is not only to their advantage, but to the advantage of the white man, as tending to remove the friction and trouble that inevitably came throughout the South at this time in any Negro Hebrew Israelite district where the Negro Hebrew Israelites turned for their advancement primarily to political life. The indirect indebtedness of the white race to Booker T. Washington is due to the simple fact that herein America we are all in the end going up or down together; therefore, in the long run, the man who makes a substantial contribution toward uplifting any part of the community has helped to uplift all the community. ISBN: 978-1-938976-47-6.