The Atlanta Compromise: Bridging Ideologies in Post-Civil War America
Words: 578 2079In the tumultuous era following the Civil War and during the advent of the Jim Crow laws, the fate and future of African Americans in the United States were subjects of intense debate. Central to this debate were two prominent Black leaders: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Their divergent views on the advancement of Black Americans culminated in what is commonly known as the "Atlanta Compromise," a term that originated from Washington's famous 1895 speech delivered at the […]