I have been having a hard time trying to find a Black History video today for perhaps the most important Black man to ever grace this earth. More than any of my personal heroes, this man is the most cherished. Dr. Booker T. Washington rose up from slavery and provided the blueprint for educational, financial, legal, and political power. Dr. Washington was an educator, author, public speaker, and political leader. Dr. Washington's philosophy was that Blacks should concentrate all their energies on industrial education, and accumulation of wealth. Through Booker T. Washington's efforts in conjunction with Julius Rosenwald, 5,000 schools in Black communities were established and operated throughout the southern states of the U.S.A. Dr. Washington also formed the National Negro Business League in the year 1900 with the help of Andrew Carnegie. Booker T. Washington was a great contributer to American society as a whole, but he was the greatest contributer in history to Black society. So, today's video is a short but very important piece of Black History; it is The Atlanta Compromise speech given on September 18, 1895 in Atlanta, GA.
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