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Mona Charen: Can national solidarity solve our race problems?
By Mona Charen 20 hours ago
Mona Charen
On Oct. 16, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House. As Edmund Morris relates in “Theodore Rex,” many Americans were pleased with this precedent-shattering dinner. But not all. Definitely not all. In the South, disgust and vitriol shook the rafters. A sample of headlines: “Roosevelt Dines a Darkey” and “Our Coon-Flavored President.”
Sen. Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina said, “The action of President Roosevelt in entertaining that n – will necessitate our killing a thousand n – in the South before they will learn their place again.”
By Mona Charen
On Oct. 16, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House. As Edmund Morris relates in âTheodore Rex,â many Americans were pleased with this precedent-shattering dinner. But not all. Definitely not all. In the South, disgust and vitriol shook the rafters. A sample of headlines: âRoosevelt Dines a Darkeyâ and âOur Coon-Flavored President.â
Sen. Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina said, âThe action of President Roosevelt in entertaining that nâ will necessitate our killing a thousand nâ in the South before they will learn their place again.â
In 1918, Will and Annie Johnson, young, Black sharecroppers in Marlboro County, South Carolina, would name their son Theodore Roosevelt Johnson to honor the 26th president. They could have chosen to honor Washington, but as their great-grandson Theodore R. Johnson writes in his new book âWhen the Stars Begin to Fall,â by choosi
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On Oct. 16, 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House. As Edmund Morris relates in “Theodore Rex,” many Americans were pleased with this precedent-shattering dinner. But not all. Definitely not all. In the South, disgust and vitriol shook the rafters.
In 1918, Will and Annie Johnson, young, Black sharecroppers in Marlboro County, South Carolina, would name their son Theodore Roosevelt Johnson to honor the 26th president. They could have chosen to honor Washington, but as their great-grandson Theodore R. Johnson writes in his new book “When the Stars Begin to Fall,” by choosing the president’s name, they were making a “bold proclamation about who could be truly American.”
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