- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- African Americans at 1895 Cotton States Exposition
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1895
- Subject:
- History
Archaeology - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- African American attendees of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition, held in Atlanta's Piedmont Park, are gathered in front of the Negro Building, where Booker T. Washington delivered his "Atlanta Compromise" speech on September 18. The speech detailed Washington's accommodationist strategy of achieving racial equality, primarily through vocational training for African Americans.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-compromise-speech/m-4064/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vg2/id/6710/rec/1
- Original Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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