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Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington.
Washington Delivers the 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech. On September 18, 1895, African-American spokesman and leader Booker T. Washington spoke before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta.
It is 630 miles from Atlanta to Washington DC.
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Booker T. Washington wanted the white race to defend the liberties of the black southern race as a first order.As a second order Booker T. Washington wanted the white Northerners to consider hiring black southerners to provide them with opportunity rather than immigrants who have not yet proven their fidelity to America.It is important to note that Booker T. was an advocate of Liberty and an advocate of Justice. He believed that the Pursuit of racial Social Equality was an "folly".Unfortunately many blacks today pursue social equality and most of those live in poverty.
It was president Grover Cleveland. He was visiting the Piedmont Exposition which had recently opened.
The driving distance from Atlanta, Georgia to Seattle, Washington is 2,696 miles or 4,339 km.
On September 18, 1895, African-American spokesman and leader Booker T. Washington spoke before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. His "Atlanta Compromise" address, as it came to be called, was one of the most important and influential speeches in American history. Although the organizers of the exposition worried that "public sentiment was not prepared for such an advanced step," they decided that inviting a black speaker would impress Northern visitors with the evidence of racial progress in the South. Washington soothed his listeners' concerns about "uppity" blacks by claiming that his race would content itself with living "by the productions of our hands."
By plane about 2
A typical flight between Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA would have a flying time of about 1 hours, 5 minutes.
The cast of Interact Atlanta - 1999 includes: Joe Washington as Host