After Minnie Cox, the first black female postmaster was forced out of her post in Mississippi because she was black, President Theodore Roosevelt continued to pay her salary and punished the town by rerouting their mail 30 miles away until they gave her back the position.

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image showing After Minnie Cox, the first black female postmaster was forced out of her post in Mississippi because she was black, President Theodore Roosevelt continued to pay her salary and punished the town by rerouting their mail 30 miles away until they gave her back the position.

TheMonchoochkin on July 23rd, 2019 at 18:41 UTC »

My Man!

Abeinator on July 23rd, 2019 at 19:06 UTC »

We definitely need another Teddy.

strawberry on July 23rd, 2019 at 21:43 UTC »

“Mostly True

What’s True Theodore Roosevelt did order the Indianola post office to suspend operations in 1903, and it did not re-open until the following year. During the period in between, mail was rerouted to a town around 30 miles away, and postmaster Minnie Cox's salary continued to be paid while the office was closed.

What’s False Minnie Cox never returned to her position as postmaster in Indianola.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/theodore-roosevelt-mississippi-postmaster/