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On the one hand he
does symbolic things like invite Booker T. Washington
to dine in the White House, he appoints a lot
of African-Americans to low level positions
throughout the federal government, which were actually
very significant relative to his predecessors
does symbolic things like invite Booker T. Washington
to dine in the White House, he appoints a lot
of African-Americans to low level positions
throughout the federal government, which were actually
very significant relative to his predecessors
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On the one hand he
does symbolic things
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like invite Booker T. Washington
to dine in the White House,
00:00:06.484 --> 00:00:08.184
he appoints a lot
of African-Americans
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to low level positions
throughout the
00:00:09.792 --> 00:00:10.702
federal government,
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which were actually
very significant
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relative to his predecessors.
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Movie Summary
Two-part series on U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt looking at his work as a progressive reformer as well as his contradictions such as being a passionate conservationist who also hunted animals.