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Quotation from Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T. Washington
“There is no defence or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.”
Atlanta Exposition Address, Paragraph 6 (Up from Slavery (1901), Chapter XIV)
His argument that the South's white population cannot prosper while holding back its Black population.
Citation: "There is no defence or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all." — Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address, Paragraph 6 (Up from Slavery (1901), Chapter XIV). (id atlanta-exposition-address-q5)
Portrait: Booker t washington atlanta compromise speech, Unknown author, Public domain.
