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Guest of honor : Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation

text Guest of honor : Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House dinner that shocked a nation

Summary

Documents the 1901 White House dinner shared by former slave Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, documenting the ensuing scandal and the ways in which the event reflected post-Civil War politics and race relations.

Contents
The Big House -- Strive and succeed -- The force that wins -- An exemplary young gentleman -- Brick by brick -- Great expectations -- Let me keep loving -- Moving up -- Rough riding -- Rising stars -- Jump Jim Crow -- Pride and prejudice -- That d... Read more
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Description
x, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Atria Books 2012

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.91 DAV in Adult Non-fiction Available

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