feb 28, 1907 - San Fran school segregation (Oct 1906)

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(1906) San Francisco’s school board ordered segregation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students in special school to free more space for whites; Rxn to recent earthquake & fire;

Turned into int’l crisis, ppl in Japan regarded discrimination as direct insult; Press sensationalizes coming war, TR afraid that Cali would start war everyone else would have to participate in ; → TR invited entire San Francisco Board of Ed to white house; TR broke deadlock, Cali had to repeal school order to accept “Gentleman’s Agreement”;