Read the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech. “[p]rogress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.” in this quotation, washington is expressing his view that working toward equality is not a realistic goal. the government cannot legislate equality. unconstitutional laws should be challenged in court. only some people deserve to have certain privileges.

The correct option is:

The government cannot legislate equality.

Booker T. Washington understood that the government can´t legislate equality, as in a merit-based society hard work and patience are the proper tools to accomplish racial equality. Washington was a former slave who embodied self-help in the years following reconstruction. He started the Tuskegee Institute in 1881, to help former slaves and poor black people of the time.

the second significant cause of the great migration was the desire of black southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as jim crow. rural african american southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the north.

your answer will most likely be a.