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What did booker t. Washington urge african americans to focus on in his speech at the 1895 atlanta exposition?.

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Booker T. Washington suggested that African Americans should not agitate for political and social equality, but should instead work hard, earn respect and acquire vocational training in order to participate in the economic development of the South.

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