"I do not exaggerate when I say that Prof. Booker T. Washington’s address yesterday was one of the most notable speeches, both as to character and the warmth of its reception, ever delivered to a Southern audience. It was an epoch-making talk, and marks distinctly a turning point in the progress of the Negro race, and its effect in bringing about a perfect understanding between the whites and blacks of the South will be immediate. The address was a revelation. It was the first time that a Negro orator had appeared on a similar occasion before a Southern audience." -- Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, printed in the New York World, September 19, 1895 Which sentence BEST describes the "address" by Booker T. Washington to which Howell refers? A) Washington said that Blacks did not need the right to vote. B) It was a call for Blacks to move to urban areas for employment. C) It was a call for moderation in the struggle for equal rights by Blacks. D) Washington suggested that Blacks organize an effort to return to Africa.

The position that Booker T. Washington expressed in this address was what is known as the Atlanta Compromise. The Atlanta Compromise was a way in which Washington hoped to bridge the gap between White Southerners and African Americans. He advocated moderation in the fight for rights, and argued that black progress needed to rest on education, self-improvement and entrepreneurship as opposed to challenging disenfranchisement and Jim Crow laws directly.