What was controversial about Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise speech given at the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition?
A. He advised African Americans to improve their status through hard work rather than “agitating” for social equality.
B. He called on African Americans to leave America and immigrate to Africa.
C. He was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University.
D. He called on African Americans to “rise up” against segregation.