PUBLIC SITES:
Booker T. Washington Delivers the Atlanta Compromise
The text of Washington's famous speech. Site hosted by the History Matters project, co-sponsored by the City University of New York and George Mason University.

W.E.B. Du Bois Critiques Booker T. Washington
Du Bois' critique of Washington from his Souls of Black Folk. Site hosted by the History Matters project, co-sponsored by the City University of New York and George Mason University.

Making the Atlanta Compromise
View an excerpt from Washington's autobiography, Up From Slavery, that recounts how he was invited to give his famous address.

Equal and Exact Justice to Both Races
Washington explains the reaction of both races to his Atlanta Compromise speech.

Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are
The only known recording of Washington's voice recorded in 1903 as he read a portion of his speech for posterity.




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