Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) delivered the Atlanta Exposition Speech on September 18, 1895, at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. A formerly enslaved person and prominent Black educator, Washington was the best-known Black advocate for progress in race relations in the post-Reconstruction South.
: Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, race, Progressive Era, Atlanta compromise . As soon as Booker T. Washington finished his speech, Rufus Bullock, former Georgia governor and Confederate soldier, rushed across the dais to shake Washington’s hand. It was 18 September 1895, but the Civil War, now thirty years past, still haunted the scene.
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The Exposition was open from September 18 to December 31. On the first day of the Exposition, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) gave a speech on relations between southern whites and blacks. The speech was given as segregation was taking hold across the South and lynching was at a peak (see “Lynch Law in America”, Speech in the Senate, and
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On September 18, 1895, the African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered his famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the “accommodationist” strategy of Black response to southern racial tensions, it is widely regarded as one of the most […]
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Booker T Washington Address At The Atlanta Cotton Exposition Theme
On September 18, 1895, the African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered his famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the “accommodationist” strategy of Black response to southern racial tensions, it is widely regarded as one of the most […] Booker T. Washington’s 1895 Address to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition is one of the most famous speeches in American history. The goal of the Atlanta Exposition was to showcase the economic progress of the South since the Civil War, to encourage international trade, and to attract investors to the region.
Booker T. Washington delivered his Atlanta Exposition Address, commonly referred to as the “Atlanta Compromise” speech, on September 18, 1895. The speech was controversial, and many of Washington
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Booker T. Washington delivered his Atlanta Exposition Address, commonly referred to as the “Atlanta Compromise” speech, on September 18, 1895. The speech was controversial, and many of Washington
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Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) delivered the Atlanta Exposition Speech on September 18, 1895, at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. A formerly enslaved person and prominent Black educator, Washington was the best-known Black advocate for progress in race relations in the post-Reconstruction South.
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The Exposition was open from September 18 to December 31. On the first day of the Exposition, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) gave a speech on relations between southern whites and blacks. The speech was given as segregation was taking hold across the South and lynching was at a peak (see “Lynch Law in America”, Speech in the Senate, and
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The Atlanta Exposition Address. The following is a transcript of Dr. Washington’s most famous speech. It was presented in Atlanta, Georgia on September 18, 1895. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens: One-third of the South is of the Negro race.
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On September 18, 1895, the African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered his famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the “accommodationist” strategy of Black response to southern racial tensions, it is widely regarded as one of the most […]
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Booker T. Washington’s 1895 Address to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition is one of the most famous speeches in American history. The goal of the Atlanta Exposition was to showcase the economic progress of the South since the Civil War, to encourage international trade, and to attract investors to the region.
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: Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, race, Progressive Era, Atlanta compromise . As soon as Booker T. Washington finished his speech, Rufus Bullock, former Georgia governor and Confederate soldier, rushed across the dais to shake Washington’s hand. It was 18 September 1895, but the Civil War, now thirty years past, still haunted the scene.
The Atlanta Exposition Address. The following is a transcript of Dr. Washington’s most famous speech. It was presented in Atlanta, Georgia on September 18, 1895. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens: One-third of the South is of the Negro race.
