Before 1901, not one African American had been inside the White House. So when President Teddy Roosevelt invited his well-educated advisor and friend, Booker T. Washington, to join him for dinner, it sparked a nationwide kerfuffle. Though the men faced political backlash, slander, and, in Washington's case, personal danger, they dined together with their families and, in doing so, nudged the country in the direction of true equality.

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