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In the autumn of 1901, Booker T. Washington, the great educator, author, and orator, was on a speaking tour. In
In
the autumn of 1901, Booker T. Washington, the great educator, author,
and orator, was on a speaking tour. In Mississippi, he received a
telegram from President Theodore Roosevelt. (President William McKinley
had been assassinated less than two months before, an event which led to
Roosevelt being sworn in as President.) The telegram asked Washington
to come to the capitol for a conference. When Washington arrived on the
afternoon of October 16, 1901, he received an invitation to dine with
the President at 8:00p that evening. According to Roosevelt
biographer.
