United States, 39.76, -98.5Harris & Ewing1905African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered what is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history, the "Atlanta Compromise" speech, in 1895.Photograph of Booker T. Washington. In this head-and-shoulders view, he wears a suit and faces forward.African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered what is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history, the "Atlanta Compromise" speech, in 1895. It is considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to southern racial tensions.image/jpegWashington, Booker T. An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work. Toronto, Ont., Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Co., 1901.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-compromise-speechForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-compromise-speechForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaHarris & Ewing CollectionEducators--United StatesAfrican American educatorsOrators--United StatesAfrican American oratorsTeachers--United StatesAfrican American teachersCivil rights workers--United StatesAfrican American civil rights workersAfrican American authorsMen--United StatesAfrican American menAuthors, AmericanBooker T. WashingtonStillImage