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 c. 1900.
- Date of Work
- 1900
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Booker T. Washington c. 1900.
Booker T. Washington c. 1900.
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