Teddy Roosevelt: “It is in the interest, and for the protection, of the white man to see…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1905

It is in the interest, and for the protection, of the white man to see that the negro is educated.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at Tuskegee Normal Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is in the interest, and for the protection, of the white man to see that the negro is educated.”