ATLANTA in Classic Quotes

1  If Atlanta be not named for Atalanta, she ought to have been.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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2  This "Atlanta Compromise" is by all odds the most notable thing in Mr. Washington's career.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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3  Once, they say, even Atlanta slept dull and drowsy at the foot-hills of the Alleghanies, until the iron baptism of war awakened her with its sullen waters, aroused and maddened her, and left her listening to the sea.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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4  Fisk, Atlanta, Howard, and Hampton were founded in these days, and six million dollars were expended for educational work, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars of which the freedmen themselves gave of their poverty.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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5  Atlanta must not lead the South to dream of material prosperity as the touchstone of all success; already the fatal might of this idea is beginning to spread; it is replacing the finer type of Southerner with vulgar money-getters; it is burying the sweeter beauties of Southern life beneath pretence and ostentation.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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6  This group of men honor Mr. Washington for his attitude of conciliation toward the white South; they accept the "Atlanta Compromise" in its broadest interpretation; they recognize, with him, many signs of promise, many men of high purpose and fair judgment, in this section; they know that no easy task has been laid upon a region already tottering under heavy burdens.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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