Question

What did Washington mean at the end of the speech when he said, “Cast down your bucket where you are?”

Answer 1

Answer:

Metaphor for Black Americans to improve their circumstances independently.

Explanation:

Booker Washington gave a speech to a white audience at the Cotton States and International exposition in Atlanta in 1895. This speech would be known to be the Atlanta compromise speech.

The line used was for the Black community. It implied that they should remain in the South and work hard to improve their circumstance without upsetting white society. Thus, Black communities can improve their circumstances independently.

Answer 2

“Cast down your bucket where you are”—cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded.

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