18 сент 1895 г. - Atlanta Exposition Speech

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A speech written and given by Booker T. Washington, in which he announced the Atlanta Compromise. This was an agreement between Washington and white Southern leaders that proposed blacks submitting to white rule in exchange for basic education and due process of law. Submitting to white rule entailed not creating activist movements to push for black rights. Washington, the president of the Tuskegee Institute, held a large amount of sway in the black community. Washington was a proponent of compromising with whites, instead of stubbornly insisting on full racial equality, something he didn't believe was practical. He advocated for toning down the protests and working together with whites, especially for attaining education, which he believed was a necessary right for blacks.