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Kenneth Roberts vs. Calvin Coolidge

Roberts, Kenneth L. Concentrated New England, pub 1924, Bobbs-Merrill.

Roberts (who in 1957 was awarded a Special Citation from the Pulitzer Prize jury) in his not atypically racist language, here opines about the purported Native American ancestry of President Calvin Coolidge, who in this same year signed the Indian Citizenship Act amidst considerable controversy.

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Comments

Tracy said...

Roberts was an idiot. I wonder if there are a lot of authors who we wouldn't give a Pulitzer prize to today?