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Booker_T._Washington,_Speech,_1895_-_edit.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 3 min 23 s, 98 kbps, file size: 2.36 MB)

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English: An audio recording of Booker T. Washington reading an excerpt from his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech originally given at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition on September 18, 1895. The recording was made on December 5, 1908, for private purposes and was made available commercially by Washington’s son in 1920.
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Source original recording, as reproduced in the companion audio CD to "Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches", edited by Catherine Ellis and Stephen Drury Smith, 2005. ISBN 1-5658-924-8 . A transcript of the speech may be found at Wikisource.
Author Booker T. Washington
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higher quality version from Library of Congress
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: hiss reduced, insofar as it could be without affecting legibility of the speech. Hiss removal removes information..

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current23:18, 1 October 20083 min 23 s (2.36 MB)Adam Cuerden{{Information |Description=Speech by Booker T. Washington to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition |Source=original recording, as reproduced in the companion audio CD to "Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches", edited

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