Who said through education hard work and prosperity would blacks earn the respect of whites and be accepted as equals?

Booker T. Washington advocated the idea that through education, hard work, and economic prosperity, African Americans could earn the respect of white Americans and achieve equality. He emphasized vocational training and self-help as means to improve the social and economic status of Black individuals in the United States. Washington's views were articulated in his famous 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech.