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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/theodore-roosevelt-mississippi-postmaster/(permalink)
Author: snopescom
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2019-01-04
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  • Theodore Roosevelt closed the post office in Indianola, Mississippi, in 1903 and rerouted local mail after townspeople forced local postmaster Minnie Cox out because she was black.

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