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Several articles from the Commercial Advertiser are highlighted. They discuss the “terrible” precedent that President Roosevelt set by inviting the African American educator Booker T. Washington to dinner, and criticize Congress for its conduct during the most recent legislative session.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-04
John Bigelow conveys an anecdote recorded in his diary from a Thanksgiving dinner in London in 1863 at which Selmar Martin, a former slave, was a guest and gave grace. This was notable because another guest, Robert J. Walker, had strongly supported slavery as a Senator from Mississippi. He then comments on the recent criticism of President Roosevelt’s meeting with Booker T. Washington and suggests that the social status of African Americans “in some parts of the Union” has declined over the last forty years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-18