“Cast down your bucket where you are” (Sheets, 451) said Booker T. Washington at his speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition. Held in Atlanta, Georgia, Washington faced a mostly white audience. His speech was one of the few which received a great deal of awareness and critique. In his speech, Washington makes a compelling argument about race relations which was accepted by many whites but angered some blacks. Washington was a man of avoiding confortation and working together as one. In Washington’s speech he started off by explaining the significance and bravery of the African American race which had not been more recognized by the whites. He distinguished that the whites and African Americas should
