Humanities, January 1st, 2000
WHEN THE ROOSEVELTS ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1933, THE SECRET SERVICE SUGGESTED THAT ELEANOR CARRY A GUN ON HER TRAVELS. HERE SHE PRACTICES AT CHAZY LAKE, NEW YORK. THE KU KLUX KLAN ONCE PUT A $25,000 BOUNTY on Eleanor Roosevelt's head. She was in her seventies then and as outspoken about civil rights as she had been as First Lady. The year was 1958. The Man had learned that she was to speak in June at a workshop on methods of protest at the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee. The FBI warned her that it could not protect her and suggested that she not go. Eleanor thanked her ca...
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