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The Atlanta Exposition Address
The full text of Washington's September 18, 1895 address at the Cotton States and International Exposition — the ‘Cast down your bucket where you are’ speech that became known as the Atlanta Compromise — framed by his own account of delivering it.
The 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition‘Cast down your bucket where you are’The Atlanta Compromise: economic opportunity over social and political agitationWashington's account of the day itself