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Booker T Washington
"Atlanta Compromise"
Speech 1895:
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US Civilisation
Charles C. Hadley
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Booker T Washington
"Atlanta Compromise"
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• l 9 dawn of our freedom, ll 77, 96 30 years
l 33 leap from slavery to freedom
• l 12 seat in Congress
• l 34-37 productions of our hands, common
labor, common occupations, etc.
• l 88 agitation of qtns of social equality =
folly
• l 105(?) racial animosities
Subsequent events
• Plessy 1896
• Sp-Am War 1898
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"Atlanta Compromise"
US Civilisation
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Charles C. Hadley
http://charleshadley.net
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responsibility […]
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Henry Grady in Boston 1889
• Implicit: Wh econ & political leaders (N&S), Bl
• NB assumption that US is not one but N+S
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Charles C. Hadley
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Econ developmt ↔ cooperation of races
Cast down your bucket l 18,20,21,26,42...
Fingers and hand l 60-61
Ignorant, unskilled Bls will
• a) perform manual labor (➚ econ)
• b) stay out of politics
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