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This Day in History: Booker T. Washington Delivers Atlanta Compromise Speech

This Day in History: Booker T. Washington Delivers Atlanta Compromise Speech - NewsBreak

Yesterday we spent time with students at Booker T. Washington high school in Atlanta to commemorate Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Speech (1895) At the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Washington delivered what became known as the Atlanta Compromise Speech. He urged Black Americans to focus on vocational and industrial education, economic self-reliance, and hard work—rather than pushing immediately for social equality or political power. He suggested that Black and white pe

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