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Unknown [Statue of Booker T. Washington]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09645.090 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 photograph ; 11.7 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

One undated black and white photograph of a statue of Booker T. Washington. This monument is known as "Lifting the Veil of Ignorance."

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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