A Scandalous Dinner

The White House is one of most recognized buildings and symbols of American power and democracy. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they describe the scandal that erupted because of a White House dinner invitation and the “alternative facts” it produced. Learn the impact some Black/African American confidants, diplomats, and policymakers had on the executive branch of government as they interacted with the chief resident of that storied building. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at https://www.podpage.com/why-are-they-so-angry/

Citations

Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation, Deborah Davis, Atria Books, 2013.

“Presidents behaving badly,” Why Are They So Angry? podcast, https://www.podpage.com/why-are-they-so-angry/presidents-behaving-badly/

The Black History of the White House, Clarence Lusane, The Open Media Series, 2011.

https://www.npr.org/2012/05/14/152684575/teddy-roosevelts-shocking-dinner-with-washington

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/booker-t-washington-visits-the-white-house