Written with a strong spirit of gratitude, this is the farewell salute to President Teddy Roosevelt from the editorial staff at N.A.A.C.P. magazine The Crises. Published at a time when the friends of the black man were few, this is a stirring tribute to a man who, although not always an ally, was respected as “the world’s greatest protagonist of lofty ideals and principles”.
Click here to read an article about one of New York’s greatest mayors: Fiorello LaGuardia.
Click here to read a 1945 article about the funeral of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, TR’s nephew.
