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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