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In this speech at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, Washington was talking to

both Black and white southerners. What was he telling them to do in order to
be successful in the New South?

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Washington was convinced that blacks must lift themselves up by their own bootstraps, but that they must also accommodate themselves to white prejudices. He developed a national reputation as a "reasonable" champion of his race. He wanted blacks and whites to trust and work together.
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