The text of Booker T. Washington’s 1895 speech in Atlanta. From street food in Thailand to a bakery in a Syrian refugee camp to how one scientist uses state of the art pollen analysis to track the ...

On Sept. 18, 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech, also known as the “Atlanta Exposition Speech” at the opening of Cotton States and International ...

A portion of the speech is played and author Kenneth Hamilton comments on its significance.

On this day in 1895, Booker T. Washington, speaking at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, became the first prominent African-American to address a racially ...

Educator Booker T. Washington, head of the Tuskegee Institute, was born this week in 1856. One of his most famous speeches was the Atlanta Exposition Address, which he gave on September 18th, 1895.

From the time of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta speech in 1895 there was a sharp rising opposition to his program. This was a time of growing struggle against the burning plagues of lynching ...

Booker T. Washington High School on the west side of Atlanta is celebrating its 100th birthday. It was named after the activist and educator who was born into slavery. It opened Sept. 24, 1924.

It is easy to envy Booker T. Washington. One of the most famous and respected men of his time -- white or black -- for 20 years he was the bellwether of progressive race relations in America, his ...

Booker T. Washington belongs in ... As a result of a speaking invitation at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895, Washington was able to bring his message ... Informing every element of the speech, ...

Black History Month: No. 12 Booker T. Washington and the Atlanta Compromise. By 1895, Booker T. Washington, who was born a slave, had risen to become the most powerful, and in some regards ...

When Booker T. Washington delivered his famous, “Atlanta Compromise,” speech inside Gilbert’s Auditorium on opening day of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition, it was the ...