[cyborg]

What do you mean? I may have answer but I don't understand what you mean by valid premise?

[nicollo]

Sorry, my question related to LS's description of Washington's vision for the advance of his race. LS wrote,

Washington's view was that blacks couldn't indefinitely rely on the whims of whites, either to protect them or to ensure their economic stability. Through education---especially farming and technical education---he thought blacks could become self-sufficient until white society accepted them.