Booker T. Washington

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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.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Harris & Ewing Collection.

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