File:Booker T. Washington, Speech, 1895 - edit.ogg
Booker_T._Washington,_Speech,_1895_-_edit.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 3 min 23 s, 98 kbps, file size: 2.36 MB)
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DescriptionBooker T. Washington, Speech, 1895 - edit.ogg |
English: An audio recording of Booker T. Washington reading an excerpt from his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech originally given at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition on September 18, 1895.
The recording was made on December 5, 1908, for private purposes and was made available commercially by Washington’s son in 1920. |
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Source | original recording, as reproduced in the companion audio CD to "Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches", edited by Catherine Ellis and Stephen Drury Smith, 2005. ISBN 1-5658-924-8 . A transcript of the speech may be found at Wikisource. |
Author | Booker T. Washington |
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unedited higher quality version from Library of Congress |
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Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924.
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current | 23:18, 1 October 2008 | 3 min 23 s (2.36 MB) | Adam Cuerden (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Speech by Booker T. Washington to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition |Source=original recording, as reproduced in the companion audio CD to "Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches", edited |
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Update transcode statusFormat | Bitrate | Download | Status | Encode time |
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MP3 | 145 kbps | Completed 21:09, 4 March 2021 | 7.0 s |
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