Booker T. Washington Delivers the 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech 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.” 12.9 Kb. 1
Black Codes The South Carolina Black Code South Carolina’s Black Code applied only to “persons of color,” defined as including anyone with more than one-eighth Negro blood. Its major features included the following 116.17 Kb. 1
The atlanta exposition address The atlanta exposition address delivered by Booker T. Washington before the atlanta cotton states and international exposition atlanta, Georgia, September 18, 1895 21.31 Kb. 1
Booker T. Washington Delivers the 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech 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.” 13.26 Kb. 1
Strawberrydom It is located on the southern edge of Wayne county, and in spring times and early summer its attractive houses, extensive business blocks, its green, flower-decked lawns form altogether a charming centre for from 500 to 1 37.82 Kb. 1