What “wrongs” is Washington referring to in the quote above? Use what you have learned in the lesson to explain your answer.

Answer:

Washington was referring to the systemic racial injustices of the Jim Crow era in the South. These "wrongs" included the legal segregation of public facilities, the disenfranchisement of African American voters through poll taxes and literacy tests, the constant threat of intimidation and violence from white supremacist groups, and legal rulings like Plessy v. Ferguson that upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine.