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Nannie Burroughs: What we need...

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What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for we've recognized that we're a race on this continent that can work out its own salvation.

Source: Unload Your Uncle Toms, in Louisiana Weekly, 23 Dec 1933.
-- Nannie Burroughs, (May 2 1879-1961), US educator; She founded the National Training School for Girls; and was a frequent contributor to the press.


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