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Teddy and Booker T. : how two American icons blazed a path for racial equality

text Teddy and Booker T. : how two American icons blazed a path for racial equality

Summary
"When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country's most visible Black man, Booker T. Washington, into his circle of counselors in 1901, the two confronted a shocking and violent wave of racist outrage. In the previous decade, Jim Crow laws ... Read more
Contents
Born "Booker" -- "Teddie" grows up -- From student to teacher -- Theodore, husband, and writer -- "My life-work" -- Lessons and losses -- "Like clock work" -- Roosevelt the reformer -- The speech that echoed -- America the unready -- The Moses of ... Read more
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xv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
Sentinel 2023

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

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