When he says let us work until we build the south, because hes here making a critique of those who are arguing that part of the reason why reconstruction failed was because of africanamerican decent did not participate fully the way that they should have. Washington doesnt even address that argument. He simply says let us work and well help rebuild thew south. When he says that, he plays into perhaps this whole notion of blacks as workers and thats all that they really are. So the atlantic exposition address is at the top of the list list. Second we know that booker twa supported plessy vs. Ferguson that established separate but equal in American Society. In fact, strengthened segregation. It was past one year after the atlanta exposition address and many blame the passage of plessy vs. Ferguson on booker t. Washington. He was summoned and asked o to testify before congress about plessy vs. Ferguson and he gave his blessing, you might say to a separate but equal arena or policy by the