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Joseph W. Henderson calls for justice for “the negro,” by discrimination stopping at West Point and Annapolis. A National Conference of Colored Men to be held in Rhode Island.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-03
During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt did meet with Booker T. Washington to discuss the appointment of Judge Thomas Goode Jones, but he was not going to appoint Jones solely on Washington’s recommendation. The dinner with Washington created a scandal even though Roosevelt had previously socialized with African Americans. The dinner was a mistake as it was certain to be misunderstood. Roosevelt misjudged the intellectual and moral state of Southern whites and African Americans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-20