Geoffrey Cowan is the president of the Annenberg Foundation Trust and an author whose books include See No Evil: The Backstage Battle Over Sex and Violence on Television and The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America's Greatest Lawyer. Let the People Rule is his most recent title.

WHEELING AND DEALING

Running as the standard bearer of the Progressive Party in the 1912 presidential election, Roosevelt expediently turned his back on Southern blacks.