I'm reading a book about the rise of Teddy Roosevelt. Not because I'm interested in him specifically. I just enjoy reading these types of books from time to time.
I forget the exact year this incident happened, but it would have been late 1800's.
Roosevelt is in Chicago and iirc he was involved in discussions for who would be the next Republican nomination for Governor.
Fairly late in the discussions, Roosevelt suggests nominating a black man. Why? Because he's black, obviously.
It got me thinking, who was the first DEI hire in the United States? I'm sure this wasn't the first. (although the black guy didn't get the nomination in this case)
I know he had dinner with Roosevelt and McKinley visited his school. Up From Slavery is a good book I thought. His last one was called My Larger Education which was really good
Nice, I hadn't heard of that, I will have to read that, Up From Slavery was a good book! I found it inspirational and eye opening.
They have his books on Project Gutenberg for anyone who may be interested. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/880
Up From Slavery is a great lesson that where you start in life doesn’t have to be where you end up. My favorite of his would be My Larger Education. Thanks for the link!