Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech. “In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.”

Which statement best describes the view Washington is expressing in this quotation?
Segregation creates anger, resulting in damage to society that can never be repaired.
In order to achieve social progress, people of different races must leave each other alone and develop independently.
Maintaining an individual and racial identity does not mean all people cannot work together.
In order to achieve social progress, people of different races must work together in every way.