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Source: NPR "Talk of the Nation"

Roundup

4-3-06

Voice from the Past: Booker T. Washington [2min]

We hear a recording of Booker T. Washington's most famous words. April 5 marks the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"