… by a generation of men and women who understood what Frederick Douglass did, what Booker T. Washington did that highlighted them because they knew their history, because they knew that Through education and business and family and faith that we can command respect of Americans around the country. And that's exactly what they did. Think about the North Star, that Frederick Douglass newspaper. What can that signify? Well, for many, it was going north to where freedom was. (11:10–11:17)
CLAIM
Asserts that education, business, family, and faith can command respect in America.
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