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Booker Taliaferro Washington Speech Analysis

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Booker Taliaferro Washington was an educator, author, and an advisor to presidents of the United States such as President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1890 to 1915, Washington was a powerful African American leader. Mr. Washington was part of the last group of African Americans that were born into slavery to become one of the leaders who stood up against slavery and pushed for the equality of all people. He is the founder of a now well know historical college in Alabama which he called Tuskegee Institute. As Southerners kept up the fight to keep everything segregated and allowing them to keep their slaves, Mr. Washington gave a speech known as the Atlanta Compromise. This speech was given on September 18, 1895 to address the issue of slavery and

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