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Voice from the Past: Booker T. Washington

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From: Talk of the Nation (NPR)
Date: 20060403
Author:MICHEL MARTIN

MICHEL MARTIN
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
04-03-2006
Voice from the Past: Booker T. Washington

Host: MICHEL MARTIN
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM

MICHEL MARTIN, host:

Educator Booker T. Washington, head of the Tuskegee Institute, was born this week in 1856. One of his most famous speeches was the Atlanta Exposition Address, which he gave on September 18th, 1895. Our ace research librarians found this recording of Washington reciting an excerpt from the speech, although it may have been a re-creation, we aren't sure. But we thought it was timely, because it features Washington's classic refrain, Cast down your ...

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