"Address of Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, Delivered at the Opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition, at Atlanta, Ga."
In his speech (later known as the "Atlanta Compromise") Washington argues that progress and racial harmony in the South depend on the industry, patience, and practicality of African Americans: "The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is t...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6602 |