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100 1 Lembeck, Harry,|d1944-|eauthor.
245 10 Taking on Theodore Roosevelt :|bhow one senator defied the
president on Brownsville and shook American politics /|cby
Harry Lembeck.|h[Boundless electronic resource]
264 1 Amherst, New York :|bPrometheus Books,|c2015.
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504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-527) and
index.
505 0 The iron of the wound enters the soul itself -- "They ate
shooting us up" -- A special request -- On the ground -- A
more aggressive attitude -- The education of the Rough
Riders and the wizard -- Roosevelt does justice -- Friends
of the administration -- These are my jewels -- Two sets
of affidavits -- Between two stools -- Grim-visaged war --
Strange fruit -- A different burden of proof -- Cordial
cooperation -- Most implicit faith -- What did happen at
that Gridiron dinner -- First-class color men -- Greatest
Shepherd -- The soldiers' patron and patronage -- Other
coalitions, other fronts -- A face to grace the White
House -- Brownsville ghouls -- "Do you care to say
anything on the subject?" -- An act of treason --
Roosevelt fatigue -- "Not one particle of regret".
505 0 The iron of the wound enters the soul itself -- "They are
shooting us up" -- A special request -- On the ground -- A
more aggressive attitude -- The education of the Rough
Rider and the wizard -- Roosevelt does justice -- Friends
of the administration -- These are my jewels -- Two sets
of affidavits -- Between two stools -- Grim-visaged war --
Strange fruit -- A different burden of proof -- Cordial
cooperation -- Most implicit faith -- "What did happen at
that Gridiron dinner...?" -- First-class colored men --
Greatest Shepherd -- The soldiers' patron and patronage --
Other coalitions, other fronts -- A face to grace the
White House -- Brownsville ghouls -- "Do you care to say
anything on the subject?" -- An act of treason --
Roosevelt fatigue -- "Not one particle of regret".
520 In August 1906, black soldiers stationed in Brownsville,
Texas, were accused of going on a lawless rampage in which
shots were fired, one man was killed, and another wounded.
Because the perpetrators could never be positively
identified, President Theodore Roosevelt took the highly
unusual step of discharging without honor all one hundred
sixty-seven members of the black battalion on duty the
night of the shooting. This book investigates the
controversial action of an otherwise much-lauded president,
the challenge to his decision from a senator of his own
party, and the way in which Roosevelt's uncompromising
stance affected African American support of the party of
Lincoln. Using primary sources to reconstruct the events,
attorney Harry Lembeck begins at the end when Senator
Joseph Foraker is honored by the black community in
Washington, DC, for his efforts to reverse Roosevelt's
decision. Lembeck highlights Foraker's courageous
resistance to his own president. In addition, he examines
the larger context of racism in the era of Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, pointing out that Roosevelt
treated discrimination against the Japanese in the West
much differently. He also notes often-ignored evidence
concerning the role of Roosevelt's illegitimate cousin in
the president's decision, the possibility that Foraker and
Roosevelt had discussed a compromise, and other hitherto
overlooked facts about the case. Sixty-seven years after
the event, President Richard Nixon finally undid
Roosevelt's action by honorably discharging the men of the
Brownsville Battalion. But, as this thoroughly researched
and engrossing narrative shows, the damage done to both
Roosevelt's reputation and black support for the
Republican Party lingers to this day. From the Hardcover
edition.
520 Looks at Senator Joseph Foraker's challenge of Roosevelt's
decision to discharge a battalion of black soldiers
accused of going on a rampage in Brownsville, Texas, and
considers how this incident affected black support for the
Republican Party.
538 Requires Boundless App.
588 Description based on print version record.
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650 0 African American soldiers|zTexas|zBrownsville|xHistory
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651 0 United States|xRace relations.
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