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Booker T. Washington delivers his "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition in 1895.

Today in Black America: 10.05.09

POSTED: October 05, 2009, 6:14 pm

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A recap of some of the top stories in the nation's press impacting Black America for October 5, 2009.

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