Georgia ArchivesUnited States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981895African 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.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Vanishing GeorgiaHistoryArchaeologyAfrican Americans at 1895 Cotton States ExpositionStillImage