BOOKER T WASHINGTON'S SPEECH TO ATLANTA EXPOSITION

In Booker T. Washington's speech to the Atlanta Exposition, he brought up a lot of issues that Negroes had, and were dealing with at this time. He did this in a manner that black people thought was too passive, some people thought he should be less apologetic and more fierce with his words and maybe even with his actions. But Washington was not. In his speech, he made a compromise with the Southern whites and the opinions that his followers and peers had often varied. Ida B. Wells teacher, newspaper owner, and reformist, confirmed Washington's views of Southern relations with blacks. Also, in addition to Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, an educated physician confirmed all views that Mr. Washington presented in his speech to the Atlanta Exposition.
Washington presents this compromise with the use of an analogy. He uses this analogy also, to describe possible future relations between southern whites and southern blacks. He tells a story of a ship in distress and in the need of water. Aft...