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Senator Ben Tillman of Georgia
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Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Ben Tillman of Georgia said, "Roosevelt hasweakened white supremacy and we're...

Senator Ben Tillman of Georgia said, "Roosevelt has
weakened white supremacy and we're gonna have to
lynch 1000 black people in order to re-establish it." - [Theodore] "As
things have turned out, I'm very glad that I asked him

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Senator Ben Tillman of Georgia
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said, "Roosevelt has weakened white supremacy
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and we're gonna have to lynch 1000 black people
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in order to re-establish it."
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- [Theodore] "As things have turned out,
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I'm very glad that I asked him.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
75
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:35
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Funimation Global Group,BioWare,OXYBOT,Toneplus Animation Studios,T.O. Entertainment,Electronic Arts

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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.
S01 • E01 And they'd really kind of kept it from Roosevelt. - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
And they'd really kind of kept it from Roosevelt.
S01 • E01 They talked about him as one of the greatest - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
They talked about him as one of the greatest
S01 • E02 For the clamor aroused by the act - Theodore Roosevelt 00:13
For the clamor aroused by the act
S01 • E01 - [Roosevelt] I shall never forget - Theodore Roosevelt 00:07
- [Roosevelt] I shall never forget
S01 • E02 Roosevelt understood he would get reelected - Theodore Roosevelt 00:10
Roosevelt understood he would get reelected
S01 • E01 How I wish I could ever do something - Theodore Roosevelt 00:05
How I wish I could ever do something
S01 • E01 He said that if he had too much time - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
He said that if he had too much time
S01 • E02 - We can't let him off the hook - Theodore Roosevelt 00:14
- We can't let him off the hook
S01 • E01 - Roosevelt's only 19 and it's really - Theodore Roosevelt 00:09
- Roosevelt's only 19 and it's really
S01 • E01 And he does what's gonna be characteristic - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
And he does what's gonna be characteristic
S01 • E02 This was a tricky balancing act, - Theodore Roosevelt 00:16
This was a tricky balancing act,
S01 • E01 - In the months after his father's death he went to Maine - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
- In the months after his father's death he went to Mai...
S01 • E02 - There were tremendous class divisions - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
- There were tremendous class divisions
S01 • E01 Two guides in Maine, Bill Sewell and Will Dow - Theodore Roosevelt 00:06
Two guides in Maine, Bill Sewell and Will Dow
S01 • E02 And there was serious discontent that people felt - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
And there was serious discontent that people felt
S01 • E01 And the extraordinary thing - Theodore Roosevelt 00:09
And the extraordinary thing
S01 • E02 - And this was a time when business - Theodore Roosevelt 00:09
- And this was a time when business
S01 • E02 So he said, if business is up here - Theodore Roosevelt 00:10
So he said, if business is up here
S01 • E01 And these are people who may not have been able - Theodore Roosevelt 00:08
And these are people who may not have been able
S01 • E01 And Sewell said you could see that night - Theodore Roosevelt 00:07
And Sewell said you could see that night