Booker T. Washington Visits the White House
Theodore Roosevelt became president after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. The early months of his administration were a...
Booker T. Washington Dining with President Roosevelt, A Lithograph
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Booker T. Washington Dining with President Roosevelt, A Lithograph
A lithograph depicting Booker T. Washington dining with President Theodore Roosevelt.
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