The title is confusing so let me clarify, This is my first attempt at a thread so excuse the holes and I will try to fill them if at all possible.
I was thinking a POD around the End of the Spanish-American War, and instead of the Platt amendment passing, it is narrowly rejected, most of the credit goes to a young Theodore Roosevelt, after getting his command in trouble he was saved by the black combat regiment attached to his assault on San Juan Hill (I know he went up a different hill but I don't remember the name) he gives an impassioned interview to Hearst's New York Post stating the worth and fighting prowess of the black soldiers under his(?) command when he returns to New York. He said something like this, "I say bully to those who think the Negro soldier is not capable of fighting alongside the white soldier, in Cuba they fought as hard as any white man. I believe in the cause of freedom for the good, peaceful and yet brutally oppressed Cuban people, but they need American guidance. I would say that Cuba needs to learn about freedom and democracy and they can't do that with their only experience being those Spanish dogs who only answer the call of their master the Hun." when pressed Roosevelt responds, "I fully support the occupation and continued presence of the USA in Cuba" This interview gives the progressive movement a lift and gives the NAACP and Booker T. an unwitting Theodore Rooosevelt.