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Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich, 1881-1970

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Theodore Roosevelt and the Race Riots of 1917

Theodore Roosevelt and the Race Riots of 1917

Hamilton Fish recounts a confrontation between former President Theodore Roosevelt and labor leader Samuel Gompers at a July 6, 1917 reception for a delegation from the new Russian government of Aleksandr Kerensky. Fish personally witnessed the confrontation, and claims that it resulted from Gompers’s denunciation of African American strikebreakers in East St. Louis, Illinois. Roosevelt criticized Gompers for his message and the “meeting became a riot,” and Roosevelt had to be escorted to safety.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1975

Creator(s)

Fish, Hamilton, 1888-1991