Tea and Equality at the White HouseOn Wednesday,June 5, 1929, or a courier from the White House,who was sworn to the utmost secrecy, delivered a handwritten invitation to the home of Congressman and Mrs. Oscar DePriest, or inviting Mrs. DePriest to a tea the following week,on June 12. We do not know whether Jessie L. DePriest had advance notice to expect the messenger, but the invitation certainly must beget given her a sense of satisfaction. She was the wife of the only African American member of Congress, and she was being formally invited to socialize with the fresh First Lady,Lou Henry Hoover. Read MorePhoto of Oscar and Jessie DePriest, circa 1929.
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