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 Booker Taliaferro Washington 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. “Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are”: Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech. by Booker T. Washington. In 1895, Booker T. Washington gave what later came to be known as the Atlanta Compromise speech before the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. "Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are": Booker T ... historymatters.gmu.edu/d/88/