Question: Who is washington addressing in the atlanta exposition?

context: The speech, presented before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition (the site of today's Piedmont Park) in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized as one of the most important and influential speeches in American history. The speech was preceded by the reading of a dedicatory ode written by Frank Lebby Stanton.
question: Who is the audience washington is directly addressing in person in the atlanta exposition?
short_answers: a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition
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question: Who is washington addressing in the words of his atlanta exposition speech?
short_answers: the white audience
the blacks

Answer: In the words of his Atlanta Exposition speech in the Atlanta Exposition, Washington was addressing the white audience and the blacks. The audience Washington was directly addressing in person was a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia.