What speech washington achieve national prominence as a leader in the civil rights movement?

"Speech during the Atlanta Exposition"

He stated that professional technical education, which gave blacks the opportunity to achieve economic security, was worth more than social equality or political office. Many African-Americans feared that such a modest goal would condemn them indefinitely to be subject to whites; that fear led to the Niagara Movement and later to the founding of the NAACP.

an interest group is an organization whose members share common concerns, and try to influence government policies that impact those concerns. elected officials frequently complain about the influence of "special interests" on american politics.