The 1870s to the start of World War I, the period when African American educator Booker T. Washington was gaining prominence, was also a difficult time for African Americans. The vote proved elusive and civil rights began to vanish through court action. Lynching, racial violence, and slavery's twin children peonage and sharecropping arose as deadly quagmires on the path to full citizenship. After Reconstruction ended in 1877, the federal government virtually turned a deaf ear to …showed first 75 words of 6120 total…

…showed last 75 words of 6120 total…skill of hand, light of mind, and honesty of heart.Beginning the Research Paper Sample Thesis Paragraphs: "Cast Down Your Bucket": Washington and Racial Equality Booker T. Washington's address, "Exposition in Atlanta," delivered at the 1896 Cotton States Exposition, has been criticized as an example of Washington's philosophy of accommodation and compromise in dealing with the American racial situation. Such criticism is unjust because Washington was himself proof that his political and social philosophy was viable.