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The Atlanta Exposition Address
Title: The Atlanta Exposition Address
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 506 | Pages: 2.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Atlanta Exposition Address
The Atlanta Exposition Address
The Atlanta Exposition Address is the fortieth chapter of Booker T. Washington’s autobiography. This autobiography was called Up From Slavery and it was written in 1901.
The chapter begins by telling the reader that Booker T. Washington, the author, was in the Atlanta Exposition representing the Negro enterprise and Negro civilization. He then describes how he gave a brief speech to the white and black community, and then continues by writing …showed first 75 words of 506 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 506 total…people were illiterate, but now I know I’m wrong. I thought that they were illiterate because, just as the author described the Negro ministry, a race with a few years out of slavery had no time or opportunity to educate themselves. I really think that Booker T. Washington was an honest, sincere, and extremely smart person. In order to think about life they way he did, that requires wisdom and not everyone has it.
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