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==Atlanta Compromise==

==Atlanta Compromise==

Washington's 1895 [[Atlanta Compromise]] address, given in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], was widely welcomed in the African American community and among liberal whites North and South. At a time of rapidly escalating racism he tried to defuse the hostility. Speaking for the African Americans of the entire South, he accepted Jim Crow, segregation and disfranchisement in return for black freedom in economic, religious and cultural affairs. He was supported by [[W.E.B. DuBois]], who later became a bitter enemy.  

Washington's 1895 [[Atlanta Compromise]] address, given in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], was widely welcomed in the African American community and among liberal whites North and South. At a time of rapidly escalating racism he tried to defuse the hostility. Speaking for the African Americans of the entire South, he accepted Jim Crow, segregation and disfranchisement in return for black freedom in economic, religious and cultural affairs. He was supported by [[W.E.B. DuBois]], who later became a bitter enemy.  

Blacks were solidly Republican, but after 1890 many lost the vote in the deep South (but continued to vote in border and northern states). Washington emerged as their spokesman and was routinely consulted by Republican national about the appointment of African Americans to political positions throughout the nation. He worked and socialized with many white politicians and notables. He argued that the surest way for blacks eventually to gain equal rights was to demonstrate patience, industry, thrift, and usefulness and said that these were the key to improved conditions for African Americans in the United States and that they could not expect too much, having only just been granted emancipation.<ref> Harlan (1972) </ref>.    

Blacks were solidly Republican, but after 1890 many lost the vote in the deep South (but continued to vote in border and northern states). Washington emerged as their spokesman and was routinely consulted by Republican national about the appointment of African Americans to political positions throughout the nation. He worked and socialized with many white politicians and notables. He argued that the surest way for blacks eventually to gain equal rights was to demonstrate patience, industry, thrift, and usefulness and said that these were the key to improved conditions for African Americans in the United States and that they could not expect too much, having only just been granted emancipation.<ref> Harlan (1972) </ref>.

==Leadership==

==Leadership==