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The Progressive Era | The Crisis | 3

2025/5/21
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Ann
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Black Washington newspaper
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Black activists
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Civil Rights Advocate
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Lawrence Walsh
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Poll worker
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Print shop worker
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Victor Metcalf
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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William Howard Taft
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Civil Rights Advocate: 我认为罗斯福总统对第25步兵团的处理是不公正的。没有任何证据表明这些士兵有任何不当行为,总统不应该在没有充分调查的情况下就对他们进行惩罚。我请求塔夫脱部长暂停执行命令,直到可以进行公正的调查,以确保这些士兵得到应有的公正待遇。 William Howard Taft: 布朗斯维尔事件确实引起了广泛的争议,甚至在我自己的共和党内部也有人对此表示反对。虽然我个人对总统的决定感到不安,但我能做的有限。我承诺会尽力劝说罗斯福总统重新考虑此事,但我无法保证他会改变主意。我理解你们的担忧,但我必须谨慎行事,因为直接反对总统的命令可能会产生意想不到的后果。 Theodore Roosevelt: 我对那些批评我的人不屑一顾。布朗斯维尔事件中的士兵犯下了滔天罪行,必须受到严厉的惩罚。作为总统,我有责任维护法律和秩序,即使这意味着做出不受欢迎的决定。我不会容忍任何形式的犯罪行为,无论犯罪者的种族或背景如何。那些士兵是凶手、刺客和懦夫,他们应该受到最严厉的惩罚。 Black Washington newspaper: 罗斯福总统的固执和报复心已经深深伤害了黑人社群。我们不能再支持他,他已经背叛了我们。他曾经被视为我们的朋友,但现在他已经成为了我们的敌人。我们将尽一切努力阻止他再次当选总统,因为他不再代表我们的利益。 W.E.B. Du Bois: 罗斯福总统并没有真正为黑人做任何事情。他邀请黑人共进晚餐,任命少数黑人担任联邦职位,这些都只是表面功夫。事实上,他通过他的行动和言论,已经关闭了黑人进步的大门。我们必须抛弃共和党,寻找真正能够代表我们利益的政治力量。我们不能再容忍这种虚伪和不公正。

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The dishonorable discharge of Black soldiers from the 25th Infantry Regiment in Brownsville, Texas, in 1906, despite a lack of evidence, reveals the limitations of President Theodore Roosevelt's progressive ideals. This event sparked outrage among Black activists and highlighted the deep-seated racial prejudices of the time, even within the progressive movement.
  • Dishonorable discharge of 167 Black soldiers without trial
  • Lack of evidence against the soldiers
  • Roosevelt's decision fueled outrage among Black activists
  • Revealed limitations of Roosevelt's progressive agenda on racial issues

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In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt discharged 167 soldiers of the all-Black 25th Infantry stationed in Brownsville, Texas. The men were accused of shooting up the town. But there was little evidence to prove their guilt. Roosevelt’s decision sparked outcry among Black activists and revealed the limits of his campaign to build a more fair and just society.

But Black Americans refused to stand on the sidelines of the Progressive movement. In the aftermath of a deadly race riot in Springfield, Illinois, W. E. B. Du Bois and other activists formed a new national organization to fight racial prejudice, the N.A.A.C.P. 

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