Question

Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech. In the great leap from slavery to freedom . . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . . we shall prosper . . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor. According to this quotation, Washington believed that hard work had its own kind of dignity. hard work was not more important than education. people could not prosper from common labor. people had to prosper in order to achieve freedom.

Answer 1

The correct answer is option A. The quotation from Booker T.Washington's speech shows that Washington believed that hard work had its own kind of dignity. On September 18th in 1895, African-American leader Booker T.Washington addressed his speech to a predominantly white audience. His speech became one of the most influential ones in American history. In the quotation presented in the question, Washington stated the importance of hard work to achieve progress with dignity and glory. The spokesman intended, with his words, to show how African-Americas were progressing everywhere in the country, and specially in the South, as a result of their hard work.

Answer 2

According to this quotation, Washington believed that hard work had its own kind of dignity. On September 18th 1895, Booker T. Washington spoke before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to southern racial tensions, it is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history.