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Alridge, Derrick P

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Encyclopedia article about Booker T. Washington's famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech, delivered on September 18, 1895, 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 significant speeches in American history.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.)
  3. Economic Conditions
  4. Education
  5. History
  6. Oratory
  7. Race Relations
  8. Social Conditions
  9. Southern States
  10. United States
  11. Vocational Education
  12. Washington, Booker T., 1856 1915

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