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- Booker T. Washington originally spoke before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta on September 18, 1895. The speech later became known as the Atlanta Compromise speech. In this speech, he talks about the improvement of race relations and conditions in the South.
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- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- U.S. President George H.W. Bush addresses the nation following the "Rodney King riots" in Los Angeles, California. Bush describes what steps the federal government will take in riot control and prevention of the causes of racial unrest. Bush also says that he has sent Justice Department prosecutors to explore a federal civil rights case against the four officers found not guilty in the beating of Rodney King.
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- 1992-05-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- President Barack Obama speaks with reporters following two days of meetings with NATO allies in Warsaw, Polan
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Saving the Ganges
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For the Financial Times in Delhi, this is FT News, and I'm Jyotsna Singh. The Ganges is Hinduism's holiest river, revered as a mother goddess. But this most famous watercourse, a lifeline to hundreds of millions of Indians, is also among the most polluted in the world. Several governments in the past have attempted to clean up the river, but without success.
So what is the future of this mighty river, and can it be saved? It's a question Victor Mallet, the FT's Asia news editor, has explored in his latest book, River of Life, River of Death, The Ganges and India's Future. And he joins me on the line from Hong Kong to discuss it.
Hello, Victor. You lived in Delhi for four years until 2016, during which time you watched closely the Modi government's efforts to reduce pollution in the Ganges. What drew you to the topic?
I've always been drawn to rivers, big or small, whether it's the Nile in Africa, where I lived in Khartoum as a child, or smaller rivers in Kent, where I lived in England. And when I first came to Delhi, I came across the Yamuna, this extremely polluted river that runs through the centre of Delhi. Well, it's polluted after it runs throu