Race to Freedom in Atlanta

 In 1895 Booker T Washington had given a speech to what I believed shifted the mind frame in the African American community. He influenced them to pick up a trade and to work hard instead of pushing for social and political equality. While most African Americans probably did not agree with Washington's speech most of them did

 W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the African American leader who applauded the Atlanta Compromise speech that was given by Washington until he actually moved to Atlanta. Du Bois was in Ohio at the time I could imagine it was still a rough, but according to history the south was more severe. I believe Du Bois realized that when he moved to Atlanta . He moved there for a job as a teacher at Atlanta University. When he arrived, he began to discredit his speech and referred to Douglas as an accommodationist. That is what led him to create the the NAACP.

On September 22nd 1906, a riot had occurred where an estimated total of 10,000 white people had attacked the blacks. The reason why were the allegations that black men were assaulting white women which was information given by the news. That was not the only reason, whites knew they would have to learn to coexist with blacks granted some would lose their jobs because black people were paid less for their labor. The more jobs the African American were able to obtain it started to grow the middle class of the population.

In the era of the 1920's through 1940 there were many black business's were beginning to flourish in Atlanta. Business such as the "Atlanta Black Cracker" which was a Negro Southern baseball league. Other companies such as restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, and the "Atlanta Daily World " which I could imagine would help push other black businesses.

Atlanta is looked at as the " Cradle of the Civil rights movement". The reason why is because Atlanta was looked at as the main stage for African American's to actually have their voices be heard. At the time African American leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Young, John Lewis and many other African American leaders.

This speech was given by none other then the famous Martin Luther King which has and always will be a relevant speech to each generation. This speech was so powerful because of not only the many people that it brought together but the words that was used to help end segregation. p-

In 1964 literally a year after Martin Luther King gave his " I have a dream speech" President Lydon B. Johnson signed the Civil rights act that legally ended the segregation that institutionalized by Jim Crow Laws.

In 1986 a man by the name of Nathaniel R. Goldston III, started a organization with 18 other friends of his to help empower the black community. The purpose of this group was to focus on Atlanta's the under privileged youth. What started as just group in Atlanta began to spread across the U.S. for many different cities for underprivileged youth. Through the program is supports education, public policy, and economic and social health issues.

Steven R. Ewing is the CEO of the Wade Ford Franchise in Atlanta. It is the 2nd largest black business in the world with an outstanding revenue of 674.107 million. Ewing went to college at Delaware State University. After he graduated he started his career at Apple Chevrolet. In 1989, he purchased his first dealership, at Crossroads Ford in East Orange, New Jersey. Then he later owned the Wade Ford Franchise.