Booker T Washington Atlanta Compromise Speech Analysis
Justin Shaffer Mrs. Hood/ Mrs. Curtis IB English/ Block 6 December 1, 2014 The Atlanta Compromise A mere thirtyfive years after the abolition of slavery, the majority of African Americans had been educated such that hundreds were heading to colleges and universities to continue their studies. At the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia in 1895,
Booker T. Washington gave a famous speech which used logos, repetition for effect, and simplification. He used these to show people that not enough was being done to let African
Americans have the opportunity to be able to participate in the development of the New
South.
Until recently Africans Americans had been used as slaves on thousands of plantations in the United States. After slavery was abolished there still was the issue of …show more content…
This speech was the first given by an African American man in front of a racially mixed audience in the South. His words were simple yet powerful. At times speeches written world wide require some indepth explicating of the words yet in the
“Atlanta Compromise” it only takes and couple times reading it through to get a good understanding of what is being said. Washington is straight up in the speech making a point to tell us that African Americans are such a big part of the population they can really help the development of the South if given the chance. Washingtons vocabulary in the speech is simple yet put together in a sophisticated way to make the words powerful, “Cat it down in the agricultural, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service, and in the professions. And in this connection it is well to bear in mind that whatever other sins the South may be called to bear, when it comes to business, pure and simple, it is in the South that the Negro is given a man’s chance in the commercial world, and in nothing is this Exposition more eloquent than in emphasizing this chance”(Washington). The “Atlanta Compromise” is a speech of great importance although it used simple
Booker T. Washington gave a famous speech which used logos, repetition for effect, and simplification. He used these to show people that not enough was being done to let African
Americans have the opportunity to be able to participate in the development of the New
South.
Until recently Africans Americans had been used as slaves on thousands of plantations in the United States. After slavery was abolished there still was the issue of …show more content…
This speech was the first given by an African American man in front of a racially mixed audience in the South. His words were simple yet powerful. At times speeches written world wide require some indepth explicating of the words yet in the
“Atlanta Compromise” it only takes and couple times reading it through to get a good understanding of what is being said. Washington is straight up in the speech making a point to tell us that African Americans are such a big part of the population they can really help the development of the South if given the chance. Washingtons vocabulary in the speech is simple yet put together in a sophisticated way to make the words powerful, “Cat it down in the agricultural, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service, and in the professions. And in this connection it is well to bear in mind that whatever other sins the South may be called to bear, when it comes to business, pure and simple, it is in the South that the Negro is given a man’s chance in the commercial world, and in nothing is this Exposition more eloquent than in emphasizing this chance”(Washington). The “Atlanta Compromise” is a speech of great importance although it used simple