“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” —Booker T. Washington
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“I shall have him to dine as often as I please” – The time when Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House – The Vintage News
Many African-Americans were invited to the White House before 1901, but none of them was invited to dine with the President until Theodore Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House.
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