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It is this common badge of colour, for instance , which is responsible for the fact that whatever contributes, in any degree to the progress of the American Negro, contributes to the progress of the African Negro, and to the Negro in South America and the West Indies . When the African Negro succeeds, it helps the American Negro . When the African Negro fails, it hurts the reputation and the standing of the Negro in every other part of the world .
– Booker TWashington (1909), The Story of The Negro, Vol I, pg 34
