Booker T. Washington

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• (1895) Booker T. Washington, “The Atlanta Compromise Speech”
  Full text of Booker T. Washington's address to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition on September 18, 1895. The address came to be known as the “Atlanta Compromise Speech.”
• Reading of an excerpt of the “Atlanta Compromise” speech
  In this, the only known sound recording made by Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), the African American leader and educator, reads an excerpt of the famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech that he delivered at the Atlanta Exposition on September 18, 1895. The recording was made on December 5, 1908, for private purposes and was made available commercially by Washington’s son in 1920.