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The Roosevelts
Education Clip: TR and Brownsville
Several African American soldiers are accused of killing a white man and wounding another. The U.S. Army holds an investigation and in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the Army’s Inspector General recommended their dismissal and President Theodore Roosevelt agreed.
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