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"The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people."
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"If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do."
"And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race."
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