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Why was starting a night school so dear to Washington heart?

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Washington had an insatiable appetite to learn. Even at an early age, he seemed to know that an education would somehow be his ticket out of bondage. Starting a night school offered Washington a way to give other black people a chance to realize their dreams.

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