Claim: Theodore Roosevelt closed the post office in Indianola, Mississippi, in 1903 and rerouted local mail after townspeople forced local postmaster Minnie Cox out because she was black.
Fact-check: Did Theodore Roosevelt 'Punish' a Mississippi City for Forcing Out a Black Postmaster?
Verdict: mostly true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Arturo Garcia
Date published: 2019-01-04T12:58:24