the Atlanta Compromise

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The Atlanta Compromise was an 1895 agreement and philosophy, associated with Booker T. Washington, that advocated Black economic progress and vocational education in the South in exchange for accepting segregation and limited civil rights.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atlanta Exposition Address 2
Atlanta Compromise 1
Atlanta Compromise speech 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical agreement ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
racial accommodationist philosophy ⓘ
accepts disenfranchisement of Black voters ⓘ
limited civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
advocates Black economic progress ⓘ
industrial education for African Americans ⓘ
vocational education for African Americans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Atlanta Exposition Address ⓘ
associatedWith Booker T. Washington’s leadership ⓘ
Tuskegee Institute ⓘ
linked to: Tuskegee University
country United States ⓘ
criticizedBy NAACP leaders ⓘ
linked to: NAACP

Niagara Movement ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
criticizedFor acceptance of segregation ⓘ
accommodation to white supremacy ⓘ
failure to demand full civil and political rights ⓘ
date 1895-09-18 ⓘ
deliveredAt Cotton States and International Exposition ⓘ
emphasizes economic self-reliance ⓘ
gradualism in civil rights ⓘ
self-help for African Americans ⓘ
focusesOn African Americans in the Southern United States ⓘ
genre public address ⓘ
hasAuthor Booker T. Washington ⓘ
hasMainProponent Booker T. Washington ⓘ
historicalContext post-Reconstruction Jim Crow era ⓘ
influenced early 20th-century race relations in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy economic realities of the post-Reconstruction South ⓘ
keyIdea prioritizing economic gains over immediate civil rights ⓘ
“cast down your bucket where you are” ⓘ
language English ⓘ
place Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
proposes Black advancement through industrial and agricultural labor ⓘ
cooperation between Black and white Southerners in economic matters ⓘ
proposesExchangeOf Black political and social rights for economic opportunities ⓘ
subjectMatter civil rights strategy ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
targetAudience African American community ⓘ
Northern industrialists ⓘ
white Southern leaders ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century United States ⓘ
year 1895 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niagara Movement → opposed → the Atlanta Compromise ⓘ
Booker T. Washington → knownFor → Atlanta Compromise speech ⓘ
linked to: the Atlanta Compromise
Booker T. Washington → notableIdea → Atlanta Compromise ⓘ
linked to: the Atlanta Compromise
Atlanta Compromise → alsoKnownAs → Atlanta Exposition Address ⓘ
subject linked to: the Atlanta Compromise
linked to: the Atlanta Compromise
Up from Slavery → hasPart → Atlanta Exposition Address ⓘ
linked to: the Atlanta Compromise