- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Booker T. Washington
- Creator:
- Harris & Ewing
- Publisher:
- Washington, Booker T. An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work. Toronto, Ont., Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Co., 1901.
- Date of Original:
- 1905
- Subject:
- Educators--United States
African American educators
Orators--United States
African American orators
Teachers--United States
African American teachers
Civil rights workers--United States
African American civil rights workers
African American authors
Men--United States
African American men
Authors, American - People:
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered what is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history, the "Atlanta Compromise" speech, in 1895.
Photograph of Booker T. Washington. In this head-and-shoulders view, he wears a suit and faces forward.
African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered what is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history, the "Atlanta Compromise" speech, in 1895. It is considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to southern racial tensions. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-compromise-speech/m-2652/
- Digital Object URL:
- http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/hec.16114/
- Rights Holder:
- From Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, by B. T. Washington
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-compromise-speech
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Harris & Ewing Collection - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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