Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington, the famed orator and activist, is shown giving a speech in this roughly 1912 photograph. This photograph was taken near Mound Bayou, Mississippi, by Arthur P. Bedou, Washington’s personal photographer. He, like Washington, was African-American and sought to end black Americans’ lack of voting rights in the post-Reconstruction era.
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Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding, the Republican Party’s nominee and soon-to-be 29th President of the United States, takes a break from demonstrating his political abilities to demonstrate his proficiency on a sousaphone! Harding ran a “front porch” presidential campaign in 1920, staying mostly in his own state and encouraging supporters to attend his events. (You can also play!)
