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Booker T. Washington Recommends that African Americans "Cast Down Their Buckets"
In 1895, Booker T. Washington gave what later came to be known as the Atlanta Compromise speech before the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. His address was one of the most important and influential speeches in American history, [...]
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Item Type: Speech
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Booker T. Washington Puts Economic Advancement Ahead of Political Rights
Booker T. Washington, born a slave in 1858, was the most influential black leader at the turn of the century. He had worked as a laborer and domestic servant after the Civil War, eventually attending Virginia's Hampton Institute. In 1881, he founded [...]
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Item Type: Speech
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)