During the Atlanta Exposition Address from 1895, given on Sept. 18, 1895. Booker T. Washington spoke to a primarily white audience. The Cotton States and International Exposition Speech (Atlanta Exposition Address) was based on the topic of race relations. The speech helped to lay the foundation for the Atlanta compromise. This was an agreement between the African-American leaders and the Southern white leaders, the agreement being that the Southern blacks would work quietly and without resistance to the white political rule, while the Southern whites would make sure that the blacks would receive a basic education and receive due process in the court of law. The main idea for Booker T. Washington's “Atlanta Compromise” speech was his hope
