Question
This man partnered with the president of Sears on the construction of over five-thousand “Rosenwald Schools.” This man founded a business league for “commercial and financial development” with support from Andrew Carnegie. This graduate of Hampton University [emphasize] opposed an organization co-founded by William Monroe Trotter, the (*) Niagara Movement. James K. Vardaman complained that “rats had taken refuge in the stable” after this man was invited to the White House by Theodore Roosevelt. This author of Up From Slavery told his countrymen to “cast down your bucket” in an 1895 speech. For 10 points, the “Atlanta Compromise” speech was delivered by what African-American activist who founded the Tuskegee Institute? ■END■
ANSWER: Booker T. Washington [or Booker Taliaferro Washington] (The organization in the second line is the National Negro Business League.)
<GD, American History>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Forrest Weintraub | Columbia Ly-α | RIT | 72 | 10 |
Spencer Ahn | Rochester A | Cornell Fire | 72 | 10 |
Nathan Zhang | Cornell Wind | Cornell Earth | 78 | 10 |
Ethan Maddox | Rochester B | Rochester C | 89 | 10 |