[7thson]

I remember seeing this on the History channel a couple of years back. Not this insipid movie, but the Brownsville incident. What was really sad about this was a sarge who served with TR during the Spanish-American War, a 30 year vet, was also court martialed and busted out of the army. I also thought the same thing - was this the incident that soured relations with blacks and Republicans?

[Phsstpok]

was this the incident that soured relations with blacks and Republicans?

It certainly soured TR's relations, and it broke the almost automatic bond left from the Civil War and Lincoln between blacks and Republicans.