Join us for a book discussion of "Teddy and Booker T. Washington" by Brian Kilmeade. The book is an account of the relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington.
Book Full Description:
Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality
"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 had legalized discrimination in the South, eroding social and economic gains for former slaves. Lynching was on the rise, and Black Americans faced new barriers to voting. Slavery had been abolished, but if newly freed citizens were condemned to lives as sharecroppers, how much improvement would their lives really see? In Teddy and Booker T., Brian Kilmeade tells the story of how two wildly different Americans faced the challenge of keeping America moving toward the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation"-- Provided by publisher.
Request a print copy of "Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality" in Broward County Library online catalog HERE
| Mon, May 05 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, May 06 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed, May 07 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, May 08 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, May 09 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, May 10 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, May 11 | Closed |
