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Episode: A War On History: Brian Kilmeade Defends Americaâs Imperfect Path For Racial Equality
Description: Over 150 Confederate monuments have been torn down across America. Are the removers erasing history, or dismantling statues of treasonous rebels? In his latest book âTeddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equalityâ Brian Kilmeade explores the United Statesâ imperfect history of racial equality by chronicling the friendship between Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Rosevelt.âBooker T. Washington is somebody who was born a slave until he was nine years old. He looked up to Frederick Douglass,â Kilmeade told Barrett News. âDonât run from [history]. Understand it. Donât pull someoneâs statue down...