| At the Paris Conference | SC000044 | United States. Army. Signal Corps | | 1918 December 14 | 19181214 | Still Image | 1919 Paris Peace Conference |
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Identifier:SC000044 Creator:United States. Army. Signal Corps Date:1918 December 14 Subject:1919 Paris Peace Conference |
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| Council of Four of the Peace Conference | D30014 | Shoor, Edward D. | | 1919 May 27 | 19190527 | Still Image | 1919 Paris Peace Conference |
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Identifier:D30014
Signal Corps photograph 2T-128 Creator:Shoor, Edward D. Date:1919 May 27 Subject:1919 Paris Peace Conference |
Description:President Woodrow Wilson, M. Clemenceau, Singor Orlando and Mr. Lloyd George. Picture taken at the Paris home of President Wilson, 11 Place des Etat-Unis, May 27th, 1919. Time 1:10 P.M.
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| Paris Conference, 1919 | WWPL1123 | Unknown | | 1919 | 19199999 | Still Image | 1919 Paris Peace Conference |
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Identifier:WWPL1123 Creator:Unknown Date:1919 Subject:1919 Paris Peace Conference |
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| Princeton University, Prospect Ave. | WWPL0415 | Unknown | | No date | 99999999 | Still Image | 91 Prospect Avenue (Princeton, N.J.)
United States--New Jersey--Princeton |
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Identifier:WWPL0415 Creator:Unknown Date:No date Subject:91 Prospect Avenue (Princeton, N.J.)
United States--New Jersey--Princeton |
Description:Photograph of Prospect Avenue, looking southwest. Captioned, "IVY CLUB TODAY."
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| Copy of African American Unit | WWPL2692 | Unknown | | No date | 99999999 | Still Image | African American soldiers |
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Identifier:WWPL2692 Creator:Unknown Date:No date Subject:African American soldiers |
Description:B&W Picture of Military African American Unit
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| Earl Cranston to Joseph P. Tumulty | T102001 | | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954 | 1913 May 30 | 19130530 | | African Americans
Lynching |
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Identifier:T102001 To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954 Date:1913 May 30 Subject:African Americans
Lynching |
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| Francis H. Warren to Woodrow Wilson | T102002 | | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1913 May 31 | 19130531 | | African Americans
Lynching |
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Identifier:T102002 To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1913 May 31 Subject:African Americans
Lynching |
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| Nick Childs to Woodrow Wilson | T102003 | Childs, Nick | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 October 6 | 19141006 | | African Americans
Lynching |
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Identifier:T102003 Creator:Childs, Nick To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 October 6 Subject:African Americans
Lynching |
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| Charlotte Everett Hopkins to Joseph E. Ralph | T100117 | Hopkins, Charlotte Everett | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | 1913 July 25 | 19130725 | Text | African Americans--Segregation |
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Identifier:T100117 Creator:Hopkins, Charlotte Everett To:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 Date:1913 July 25 Subject:African Americans--Segregation |
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| Emmett J. Scott to Carl Byoir | T100251A | Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | 1918 June 26 | 19180626 | Text | African Americans--Segregation |
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Identifier:T100251A Creator:Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 To:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:1918 June 26 Subject:African Americans--Segregation |
Description:Special Assistant to the War Department sends along a news report about a conference of African American editors to the Committee on Public Information.
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| Number of Cooperative Employees | A041121B | United States. Department of Agriculture | | 1921 April | 19210499 | Text | African Americans--Segregation |
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Identifier:A041121B Creator:United States. Department of Agriculture Date:1921 April Subject:African Americans--Segregation |
Description:Numbers of employees in different divisions.
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| William Monroe Trotter to James A. Gallivan | CS08A | Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934 | Gallivan, James A. | 1914 October 17 | 19141117 | Text | African Americans--Segregation |
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Identifier:CS08A Creator:Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934 To:Gallivan, James A. Date:1914 October 17 Subject:African Americans--Segregation |
Description:William Trotter writes Congressman Gallivan requesting a meeting with President Wilson.
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| 35 Lynched In US In Past 6 Months | TI00252A | Washington Post | | 1918 June 30 | 19180630 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00252A Creator:Washington Post Date:1918 June 30 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Washington Post article reporting on number of lynchings in U.S.
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| A Poor Widow to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson | CS06 | Unknown | Wilson, Ellen Axson | 1914 March 20 | 19140320 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS06 Creator:Unknown To:Wilson, Ellen Axson Date:1914 March 20 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:An anonymous writer complains that African-American women use the same washstands, toilets, and lunch rooms as white women at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| A. Slayton, et. al. to Department of Justice | LO12620 | Slayton, A. | | 1920 January 26 | 19200126 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO12620 Creator:Slayton, A. Date:1920 January 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Race Riots in Elaine, Arkansas
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| A. Zappone to RM Reese | A071814 | Zappone, A. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 18 | 19140718 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A071814 Creator:Zappone, A. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter informing Reese there are no African-American employees in the USDA Division of Accounts and Disbursements.
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| AB Morrison to Chief Clerk (RM Reese) | DA071514a | Morrison, A. B. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 15 | 19140715 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071514a Creator:Morrison, A. B. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in USDA Bureau of Biological Survey.
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| AB Whitby et. al. (Colored Citizens of the City and State of Oklahoma) to Woodrow Wilson | TI00127 | Whitby, A. B. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1917 December 18 | 19171218 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00127 Creator:Whitby, A. B. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1917 December 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting Wilson use his position to help end lynching and other forms of discrimination in the U.S.
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| Acting Secretary to Judge Edward Osgood Brown | A091213c | Uncertain | Brown, Edward Osgood, 1847-1923 | 1913 October 14 | 19131014 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A091213c Creator:Uncertain To:Brown, Edward Osgood, 1847-1923 Date:1913 October 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Acting Secretary to Judge Edward Osgood Brown acknowledging the receipt of his letter and confirming that there is no segregation policy in effect at the Department.
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| Address to the Committee on Public Information by Representatives of the Negro Press | TI00250 | Representatives of the Negro Press | | 1918 June 22 | 19180622 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00250 Creator:Representatives of the Negro Press Date:1918 June 22 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Address to the Committee on Public Information with suggested action steps and listing names of all in attendance at conference.
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| African American Child Laborers | WWPL2173 | Unknown | | No date | 99999999 | Still Image | African-Americans--Segregation
Child Labor |
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Identifier:WWPL2173 Creator:Unknown Date:No date Subject:African-Americans--Segregation
Child Labor |
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| African American Woman | WWPL1911 | Unknown | | No date | 99999999 | Still Image | African-Americans--Segregation |
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Identifier:WWPL1911 Creator:Unknown Date:No date Subject:African-Americans--Segregation |
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| AG Rice to RM Reese | DA071614_4a-b | Rice, A. G. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 16 | 19140716 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071614_4a-b Creator:Rice, A. G. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 16 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Bureau of Soils.
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| Andrew J. Peters to Joseph P. Tumulty Andrew J. Peters to James [sic] P. Tumulty | CS04a-b | Peters, Andrew James, 1872-1938
Allen, Frederick B., 1840-1925 | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954 | 1914 February 28 | 19140228 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS04a-b Creator:Peters, Andrew James, 1872-1938
Allen, Frederick B., 1840-1925 To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954 Date:1914 February 28 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Petition from Rev. Frederick B. Allen et al. against segregation in the federal government, forwarded by Andrew J. Peters.
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| Andy Dawson to Woodrow Wilson | TI00137 | Dawson, Andy | | 1918 June 29 | 19180629 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00137 Creator:Dawson, Andy Date:1918 June 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Call for lynching to be made a federal crime.
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| Archibald H. Grimke to David F. Houston | A022516 | Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930 | | 1916 February 25 | 19160225 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A022516 Creator:Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930 Date:1916 February 25 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding City Central Committee of the Democratic Party of St. Louis failing to vote against segregation.
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| Archibald H. Grimke to Woodrow Wilson | TI00252 | Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930 | | 1918 July 1 | 19180701 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00252 Creator:Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930 Date:1918 July 1 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:The District of Columbia branch of the NAACP requests that the President speak out against lynching.
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| Arthur A. Schomburg (Free Accepted Masons) to Woodrow Wilson | TI00152 | Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938. | | 1919 June 6 | 19190606 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00152 Creator:Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938. Date:1919 June 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Resolutions against lynching.
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| Assistant Attorney General LaRue Brown to Mrs. Eva B. Davis | TI00249d | Brown, LaRue, 1883-1969 | | 1918 June 27 | 19180627 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00249d Creator:Brown, LaRue, 1883-1969 Date:1918 June 27 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Explaining that a Supreme Court case prevents the Department of Justice from taking any action in the matter of lynching and mob violence.
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| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to Belle C. LaFollette | SE072413b | Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 | La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931 | 1913 July 23 | 19130723 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE072413b Creator:Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 To:La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931 Date:1913 July 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JS Williams reply to Belle LaFollette telling her he will have JE Ralph give him the names of the three girls who violated the segregation policy at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| Associate Chairman to Robert A. Travis | TI00248d | Unknown | | 1918 May 30 | 19180530 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00248d Creator:Unknown Date:1918 May 30 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:African American sentiment during the war.
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| Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to Henry Allen Boyd | L122619A | Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell), 1872-1936 | | 1919 December 29 | 19191229 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:L122619A Creator:Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell), 1872-1936 Date:1919 December 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:President has no power to stay execution of African Americans in Arkansas race riots.
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| Belle C. LaFollette to JS Williams | T100113A | LaFollette, Belle C. | McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941 | 1913 July 5 | 19130705 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:T100113A Creator:LaFollette, Belle C. To:McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941 Date:1913 July 5 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
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| Belle C. LaFollette to JS Williams | SE072413a | La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931 | Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 | 1913 July 22 | 19130722 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE072413a Creator:La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931 To:Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 Date:1913 July 22 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:B.C. LaFollette writes to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury asking for the names of the three girls who violated the segregation policy at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| Bradford Knapp to Clarence Ousley | A052318 | Knapp, Bradford, 1870-1938 | | 1918 May 23 | 19180523 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A052318 Creator:Knapp, Bradford, 1870-1938 Date:1918 May 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding African-Americans in management positions in the federal government.
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| Bradford Knapp to FR Harrison | A121618 | Knapp, Bradford, 1870-1938 | | 1918 December 16 | 19181216 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A121618 Creator:Knapp, Bradford, 1870-1938 Date:1918 December 16 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:USDA is proceeding with plans to appoint African American district agents.
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| Carl Byoir to Emmett J. Scott | PI080118a | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | | 1918 August 1 | 19180801 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI080118a Creator:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:1918 August 1 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking for the reaction of African Americans to Wilson's speech on mob violence.
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| Carl Byoir to Emmett J. Scott | PO81418 | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | | 1918 August 14 | 19180814 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PO81418 Creator:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:1918 August 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking Scott to advise the publishers of African American newspapers regarding the labor advertising campaign.
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| CC Carroll to RM Reese | DA071714 | Carroll, Charles C. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 17 | 19140717 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071714 Creator:Carroll, Charles C. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 17 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Bureau of Animal Industries.
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| CC Clark to Chief Clerk (RM Reese) | A080314b | Clark, C. C. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 August 3 | 19140803 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A080314b Creator:Clark, C. C. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 August 3 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Central Office of the Weather Bureau, including position and salary.
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| CH James to Woodrow Wilson | TI00142 | James, Charles Howell | | 1918 July 4 | 19180704 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00142 Creator:James, Charles Howell Date:1918 July 4 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking the President to denounce lynching at every opportunity.
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| Charles M. Williams to Woodrow Wilson | TI00253 | Williams, Charles M. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1918 November 21 | 19181121 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00253 Creator:Williams, Charles M. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1918 November 21 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting the President to intervene to put an end to mob violence.
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| Charles N. Anderson to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS90 | Anderson, Charles N. | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1914 December 22 | 19141222 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS90 Creator:Anderson, Charles N. To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1914 December 22 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter from Anderson to Tumulty describing his successful attempt to call off a meeting with Mr. Trotter and saying that his job may be threatened as a result.
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| Citizen of Wabash, Arkansas to Uncle Sam | L112119 | Unknown | | 1919 November 14 | 19191114 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:L112119 Creator:Unknown Date:1919 November 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Woman writing to say that men are being taken away and lynched.
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| Citizens Committee of Stamford to Woodrow Wilson | TI00157 | Citizens Committee of Stamford | | 1919 July 30 | 19190730 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00157 Creator:Citizens Committee of Stamford Date:1919 July 30 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking President to exercise his authority to enforce the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution and stamp out lynching.
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| CJ Johnson to Woodrow Wilson | TI00158 | Johnson, C.J. | | 1919 October 7 | 19191007 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00158 Creator:Johnson, C.J. Date:1919 October 7 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter to Wilson regarding the lynching of 3 Montgomery, AL prisoners.
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| Claude R. Porter to Charles M. Williams | TI00253d | Porter, Claude R. | Williams, Charles M. | 1918 November 29 | 19181129 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00253d Creator:Porter, Claude R. To:Williams, Charles M. Date:1918 November 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Replying that the federal government has no jurisdiction over the killing of African Americans by a mob in Winston-Salem, NC.
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| Colored Editors and Leaders at Conference | TI00251 | Scott, Emmett | | 1918 June 26 | 19180626 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00251 Creator:Scott, Emmett Date:1918 June 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Emmett Scott sends the News Report regarding the convention of African American editors to Carl Byoir.
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| Colored Employees in the Department of Agriculture | A080814 | United States. Department of Agriculture | | 1914 August 8 | 19140808 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A080814 Creator:United States. Department of Agriculture Date:1914 August 8 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Statement showing the African-American employees, by classes and salaries, in the Department of Agriculture.
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| Colored Federated Clubs of Augusta to Woodrow Wilson | TI00131 | Harper, Mrs. J. S. | | 1918 May 29 | 19180529 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00131 Creator:Harper, Mrs. J. S. Date:1918 May 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter referencing the lynching of Mary Turner and asking the President to punish the perpetrators and prevent similar occurrences.
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| Columbia, SC to Woodrow Wilson | TI00151 | Unknown | | 1918 November 21 | 19181121 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00151 Creator:Unknown Date:1918 November 21 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Lynchings in Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina
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| Conference of Black Leaders and Editors | TI00134 | Scott, Emmett | | 1918 June 3 | 19180603 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00134 Creator:Scott, Emmett Date:1918 June 3 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Emmett Scott writes to George Creel suggesting a conference of African American leaders and editors, financed by the Committee on Public Information.
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| Congressional Investigation of Lynching | TI00154 | Shillady, John R., 1875-1943. | Testimony | 1919 July 10 | 19190710 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00154 Creator:Shillady, John R., 1875-1943. To:Testimony Date:1919 July 10 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Statement of John R. Shillady, Secretary of the NAACP asking for a congressional investigation of lynching.
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| CR Barnett to RM Reese | DAG071614_3a-b | Barnett, Claribel Ruth | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 16 | 19140716 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DAG071614_3a-b Creator:Barnett, Claribel Ruth To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 16 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Library.
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| Cyrus Northrop et al. to Woodrow Wilson | CS05 | Northrop, Cyrus, 1834-1922 | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 March 9 | 19140309 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS05 Creator:Northrop, Cyrus, 1834-1922 To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 March 9 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Urging President Wilson to preserve the unity of the country and prevent the rekindling of sectional feeling by standing against segregation in Washington, D.C..
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| Dan C. Vaughan to Cornelius Ford | TI00243d | Vaughan, Dan C. | | 1915 June 15 | 19150615 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00243d Creator:Vaughan, Dan C. Date:1915 June 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Discussing the capitalization of the word "Negro" in all publications of the Department of Commerce.
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| David F. Houston to James C. Waters Jr. | A022916b | Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940 | | 1916 March 8 | 19160308 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A022916b Creator:Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940 Date:1916 March 8 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Acknowledgement of receipt of letter concerning Representative W.P. Borland's remarks on race.
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| David F. Houston to James C. Waters, Jr. | A022916b | Houston, David Franklin | Waters, James C., Jr. | 1916 March 8 | 19160308 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A022916b Creator:Houston, David Franklin To:Waters, James C., Jr. Date:1916 March 8 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Secretary of Agriculture suggests that Waters communicate directly with Representative Borland about his remarks.
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| David Franklin Houston to Hon. Tom D. McKeown | A020818 | Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940 | | 1918 February 26 | 19180226 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A020818 Creator:Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940 Date:1918 February 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Secretary of Agriculture responds to a congressman's request about employing African American farm demonstrators in Oklahoma.
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| Discrimination in the Army | RO71416 | Journal of the Senate | | 1916 July 14 | 19160714 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:RO71416 Creator:Journal of the Senate Date:1916 July 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Congress receives a memorial from the Western States Negro Republican Conference on race discrimination in the Army.
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| DL Gore to Woodrow Wilson | TI00129 | Gore, D. L. (Daniel Lenox), 1847- | | 1918 May 23 | 19180523 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00129 Creator:Gore, D. L. (Daniel Lenox), 1847- Date:1918 May 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Wholesale grocer in N.C. requests the President's assistance regarding lynching.
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| Dr. J Dennis et. al. to Woodrow Wilson | CS03 | Dennis, J. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 February 23 | 19140223 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS03 Creator:Dennis, J. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 February 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter from the Grievance Committee of the New Mexico Protection Association protesting the segregation of African-American employees in the federal government.
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| East St. Louis Riots Investigation Postponed | RO12019 | Journal of the Senate | | 1919 January 20 | 19190120 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:RO12019 Creator:Journal of the Senate Date:1919 January 20 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Proceedings of the US Senate, 1919 Jan 20 re: indefinite postponement of East St. Louis, Ill. riot investigation.
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| Edward C. Easton to RM Reese | A080314a | Easton, Edward C. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 18 | 19140718 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A080314a Creator:Easton, Edward C. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Central Office of the Weather Bureau.
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| EF Kinkead to Joseph E. Ralph | SE081113a | Kinkead, Eugene F. (Eugene Francis), 1876-1960 | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | 1913 August 11 | 19130811 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE081113a Creator:Kinkead, Eugene F. (Eugene Francis), 1876-1960 To:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 Date:1913 August 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:EF Kinkead writes Joseph E. Ralph asking for a copy of an order that implements segregation in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| EF Sweet, Acting Secretary to Oswald Garrison Villard | CB031814 | Sweet, E. F. | Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 | 1914 March 18 | 19140318 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CB031814 Creator:Sweet, E. F. To:Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 Date:1914 March 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding a special census report on the African American population to be prepared by the Bureau of the Census.
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| Efforts to Aid the Negro | PI000000 | Unknown | | No date | 99999999 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI000000 Creator:Unknown Date:No date Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Undated description of efforts to aid African-Americans through the Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.
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| EL Blackshear to a Colleague | A032319 | Blackshear, Edward L. (Edward Levoisier) | | 1919 March 23 | 19190323 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A032319 Creator:Blackshear, Edward L. (Edward Levoisier) Date:1919 March 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Blackshear feels African American government workers should not give personal religious, political, or racial opinions in official capacity.
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| EL McCaslin to George Edward Creel | PI050618 | McCaslin, E. L. | Creel, George, 1876-1953 | 1918 May 6 | 19180506 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI050618 Creator:McCaslin, E. L. To:Creel, George, 1876-1953 Date:1918 May 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Suggesting "special propaganda" for African Americans who may have the wrong impression regarding Liberty Loans.
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| Emmett J. Scott to Carl Byoir | PI073018 | Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | 1918 July 30 | 19180730 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI073018 Creator:Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 To:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:1918 July 30 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Informing Byoir that the African American newspapers of the country are expressing gratitude for authorizing use of black nurses in the war effort.
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| Emmett J. Scott to Carl Byoir | PI090618 | Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957. | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | 1918 September 6 | 19180906 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI090618 Creator:Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957. To:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:1918 September 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking for assistance in putting out "propaganda in promotion of the morale" of African Americans.
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| Emmett J. Scott to George Edward Creel | PI062418 | Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 | | 1918 June 24 | 19180624 | Text | African-Americans--segregation
Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 |
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Identifier:PI062418 Creator:Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 Date:1918 June 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation
Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 |
Description:Report on the recent Conference of Negro Editors.
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| Emmett J. Scott to TM Campbell | PI060618 | Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 | Campbell, Thomas M. (Thomas Monroe), 1883-1956 | 1918 June 6 | 19180606 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI060618 Creator:Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 To:Campbell, Thomas M. (Thomas Monroe), 1883-1956 Date:1918 June 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:African American farmers of the South who are cooperating with the US Saturday Service League are providing a great service.
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| Emmett Scott to Carl Byoir | PI080118b | Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957. | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | 1918 August 1 | 19180801 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI080118b Creator:Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957. To:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:1918 August 1 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:African-American press' reaction to Wilson's denouncement of mob violence.
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| Equity Congress of Greater New York to Woodrow Wilson | CS73 | Waith, Robert A.
Duncan, S. Augustus | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 20 | 19141120 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS73 Creator:Waith, Robert A.
Duncan, S. Augustus To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 20 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:The Equity Congress of Greater New York expresses their protest of Wilson's support of segregation in the federal government.
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| Ernest Knaebel to JB Winston | LO31315c | Knaebel, Ernest | Winston, J. B. | 1915 March 18 | 19150318 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO31315c Creator:Knaebel, Ernest To:Winston, J. B. Date:1915 March 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Acknowledging the receipt of Winston's letter regarding lynchings of African-Americans, the Assistant Attorney General advises him that the federal government does not have jurisdiction over these crimes.
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| EW Allen to Mr. Reese | DA071514c | Allen, E. W. (Edwin West), 1864-1929 | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | 1914 July 15 | 19140715 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071514c Creator:Allen, E. W. (Edwin West), 1864-1929 To:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 Date:1914 July 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Office of Experiment Stations.
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| FB Lehane, Captain of Watch, to Bureau Director | T1001024 | Lehane, F. B. | | 1914 November 13 | 19141113 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:T1001024 Creator:Lehane, F. B. Date:1914 November 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Recounting incident in which white men and women objected to African-American men and women eating with them and the African-Americans were moved.
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| Five Dead in Lynching Bee | TI00253c | Unknown | | 1918 November 18 | 19181118 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00253c Creator:Unknown Date:1918 November 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Newspaper clipping about a mob that attempted to break into a jail in Winston Salem, N.C. in order to lynch a prisoner.
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| Florence Randolph and Lizzie Pearce to Woodrow Wilson. | LO81219 | Randolph, Florence. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1919 August 12 | 19190812 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO81219 Creator:Randolph, Florence. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1919 August 12 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting President use his influence to obtain fair and just treatment "for the race of which we are a part" after recent race riots.
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| Four Open Letters from the University Commission on Race Questions to the College Men of the South | A120119 | Doster, J. J., et. al. | | 1916 January 5 | 19160105 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A120119 Creator:Doster, J. J., et. al. Date:1916 January 5 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Anti-lynching pamphlet produced by the University Commission on Race Questions
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| Francis G. Coffey to Chief Clerk (RM Reese) | A071614c | Coffey, Francis G. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 16 | 19140716 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A071614c Creator:Coffey, Francis G. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 16 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:No African-American employees in the Office of the Solicitor.
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| George H. Gutterson to Woodrow Wilson | CS68 | Gutterson, George H. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 18 | 19141118 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS68 Creator:Gutterson, George H. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter from the district secretary of the American Missionary Association saying that the issue of segregation cannot be sidestepped any more than the issue of slavery could have been in the nineteenth century.
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| Grant Smith to Director of the Census | TI00243b | Smith, Grant | | 1915 May 10 | 19150510 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00243b Creator:Smith, Grant Date:1915 May 10 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking why the n in "negroes" is lower case.
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| Grant Smith to J. Milton Waldron | SC030915b | Smith, Grant, Private Secretary | | 1915 March 11 | 19150311 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SC030915b Creator:Smith, Grant, Private Secretary Date:1915 March 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Reply acknowledging receipt of the National Independent Political League's request for a meeting. Cannot schedule meeting at the desired time.
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| Henry Allen Boyd to Woodrow Wilson | L122619 | Boyd, Henry Allen, 1876-1959. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1919 December 26 | 19191226 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:L122619 Creator:Boyd, Henry Allen, 1876-1959. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1919 December 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Urging President to stay the execution of African Americans in Arkansas race riots.
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| Henry C. Wallace to Warren G. Harding | A041121A | Wallace, Henry C. | Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) | 1921 April 11 | 19210411 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier: A041121A Creator:Wallace, Henry C. To:Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) Date:1921 April 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Secretary of Agriculture responds to President Harding's letter about segregation.
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| Henry F. Downing to Woodrow Wilson | TI00257a | Downing, Henry Francis, 1846-1928 | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1920 June 21 | 19200621 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00257a Creator:Downing, Henry Francis, 1846-1928 To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1920 June 21 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing in regards to Chicago Race riots
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| Hon. James A. Martine to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS96 | Martine, James A., 1850-1925 | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1916 August 17 | 19160817 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS96 Creator:Martine, James A., 1850-1925 To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1916 August 17 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Request that president be informed of Col. Hart’s segregation order.
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| How the Negro Can Help Make Food Win the War | TI00245 | US Food Administration | | 1918 April | 19180499 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00245 Creator:US Food Administration Date:1918 April Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Pamphlet produced by the United States Food Administration urging people to eat cornmeal in place of wheat and beans, fish, and poultry in place of meat.
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| Information on Black Soldiers | T100109 | Unknown | | No date | 99999999 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:T100109
previous scan # PI0000001 Creator:Unknown Date:No date Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
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| J. Francis Robinson Field to Woodrow Wilson | TI00130 | Field, J. Francis Robinson | | 1918 May 28 | 19180528 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00130 Creator:Field, J. Francis Robinson Date:1918 May 28 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Recounting heroism of African American soldiers in France and requesting assistance regarding lynchings in the US.
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| J. Milton Waldron to William C. Redfield | SC030915a | Waldron, J. Milton | | 1915 March 9 | 19150309 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SC030915a Creator:Waldron, J. Milton Date:1915 March 9 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Request that Secretary Redfield meet with the National Independent Political League regarding the Department of Commerce.
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| J. Silas Harris to James L. Wilmeth | TI00164 | Harris, J. Silas | | 1920 January 6 | 19200106 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00164 Creator:Harris, J. Silas Date:1920 January 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Request for African American employees in DC from Missouri.
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| James C. Waters, Jr. to David F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture | A022916a | Waters, James C. | | 1916 February 29 | 19160229 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A022916a Creator:Waters, James C. Date:1916 February 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking if Representative W.P. Borland's remarks on race were justified.
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| James E. Jones to RM Reese | A071514e | Jones, James E. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 15 | 19140715 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A071514e Creator:Jones, James E. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Bureau of Plant Industry does not have information on the number of African-American employees.
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| James E. Shepard to Woodrow Wilson | LO12317 | Shepard, James E. | | 1917 January 23 | 19170123 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO12317 Creator:Shepard, James E. Date:1917 January 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking the President to make a plea for law and order in all sections of the country in response to growing number of lynchings in the south.
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| James L. Wilmeth to J. Silas Harris | TI00164A | Wilmeth, James L. | | 1920 January 9 | 19200109 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00164A Creator:Wilmeth, James L. Date:1920 January 9 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Request for African American employees in DC from MO.
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| James Rudolph Little to Woodrow Wilson | TI00163 | Little, James Rudolph | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1919 November 26 | 19191126 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00163 Creator:Little, James Rudolph To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1919 November 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing in regard to 11 men being sentenced to death in riots in Phillip County, Arkansas.
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| James Weldon Johnson to Woodrow Wilson | TI00160 | Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. | | 1919 November 14 | 19191114 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00160 Creator:Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. Date:1919 November 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing in regards to the execution of African Americans in Arkansas race riots.
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| JB Winston to Woodrow Wilson | LO31315a-b | Winston, J. B. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1915 March 13 | 19150313 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO31315a-b Creator:Winston, J. B. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1915 March 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking for Wilson to denounce the lynchings being carried out against African-Americans.
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| JE Hoover to Robert P. Stewart | TI00159 | Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 | | 1919 November 7 | 19191107 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00159 Creator:Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Date:1919 November 7 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing in regards to making a report on the race riots in Arkansas.
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| JE Ralph to Charles S. Hamlin | SE030714 | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1861-1938 | 1914 March 7 | 19140307 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE030714 Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1861-1938 Date:1914 March 7 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Ralph informs the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury that due to a shortage of toilet and dressing room facilities in the new building the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is moving into, African-American and white employees will need to share the facilities. [show more]
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| JE Ralph to Charlotte Everett Hopkins | SE072913 | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Hopkins, Charlotte Everett | 1913 July 29 | 19130729 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE072913 Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Hopkins, Charlotte Everett Date:1913 July 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JE Ralph asks Mrs. Hopkins to give her views on segregation in the Bureau to Miss Nerney of the NAACP.
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| JE Ralph to Eugene F. Kinkead | SE081113b | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Kinkead, Eugene F. (Eugene Francis), 1876-1960 | 1913 August 14 | 19130814 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE081113b Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Kinkead, Eugene F. (Eugene Francis), 1876-1960 Date:1913 August 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JE Ralph writes to Kinkead saying he cannot furnish him with a copy of the segregation order because no formal order has been issued.
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| JE Ralph to John Skelton Williams | SE071913c | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 | 1913 July 23 | 19130723 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE071913c Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 Date:1913 July 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JE Ralph writes to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury informing him of the situation regarding the objection to a African American supervisor in the Wetting Division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| JE Ralph to May Childs Nerney | SE072613b | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Nerney, May Childs | 1913 July 29 | 19130729 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE072613b Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Nerney, May Childs Date:1913 July 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JE Ralph shares his views on segregation in the Bureau.
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| JE Ralph to Rose Miller | SE071913b | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Miller, Rose | 1913 July 23 | 19130723 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE071913b Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Miller, Rose Date:1913 July 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JE Ralph's reply to Rose Miller's objections to having a black supervisor, informing her that he has named a white man to the position.
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| JE Ralph to William G. McAdoo | SE120613 | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941 | 1913 December 6 | 19131206 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE120613 Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941 Date:1913 December 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Joseph E. Ralph justifies the dismissal of an African-American employee following a violation of segregation.
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| JE Ralph, Director to Belle C. LaFollette | SE072413c | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931 | 1913 July 24 | 19130724 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE072413c Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931 Date:1913 July 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JE Ralph to Belle C. LaFollette providing the names of the three girls who violated the segregation policy at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| JG Shibley to Chief Clerk (RM Reese) | DA071514d | Shibley, J.G. | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | 1914 July 15 | 19140715 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071514d Creator:Shibley, J.G. To:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 Date:1914 July 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Listing one African-American employee in the USDA Insecticide and Fungicide Board.
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| Jim Crow at Washington | CS29 | Unknown | | c. 1914 November | 19141199 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS29 Creator:Unknown Date:c. 1914 November Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Newspaper article, "Jim Crow Law at Washington."
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| John F. Monroe to Woodrow Wilson | T1001025 | Monroe, John F. | | 1916 December 13 | 19161213 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:T1001025 Creator:Monroe, John F. Date:1916 December 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting Wilson's assistance in addressing lynching and civil rights.
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| John Lord O'Brian to Lee S. Overman | TI00148 | O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-1973 | | 1918 August 7 | 19180807 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00148 Creator:O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-1973 Date:1918 August 7 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting publication of the President's recent speech on mob violence so it might be distributed throughout the country.
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| John Lord O'Brian to Lee S. Overman | LO81918A | O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-1973 | | 1918 August 21 | 19180821 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO81918A Creator:O'Brian, John Lord, 1874-1973 Date:1918 August 21 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Enclosing Official Bulletin from July 26, 1918 containing the President's statement on mob action.
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| John P. Herrmann to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS93 | Herrmann, John P. | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1916 February 24 | 19160224 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS93 Creator:Herrmann, John P. To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1916 February 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Protesting Democratic City Central Committee not opposing segregation in St. Louis.
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| John P. Herrmann to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS95 | Herrmann, John P. | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1916 March 10 | 19160310 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS95 Creator:Herrmann, John P. To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1916 March 10 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding Democratic City Central Committee not opposing segregation in St. Louis.
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| John S. Collins to Dr. Pratt | SC031115 | Collins, John S. , Acting Chief Clerk | | 1915 March 11 | 19150311 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SC031115 Creator:Collins, John S. , Acting Chief Clerk Date:1915 March 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding segregation of African American clerks at the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
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| John W. Weeks to Woodrow Wilson | CS97B | Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926 | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1917 May 17 | 19170517 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS97B Creator:Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926 To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1917 May 17 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Calling the President's attention to the memorial of the Boston Branch of the National Equal Rights League.
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| Jonathan P. Edmundson to Woodrow Wilson | CS84 | Edmundson, John P. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 December 6 | 19141206 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS84 Creator:Edmundson, John P. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 December 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter about the Trotter incident suggesting that the President not offer an explanation for white antipathy toward African Americans.
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| Joseph H. Stewart to Woodrow Wilson | TI00141 | Stewart, Joseph H. | | 1918 July 3 | 19180703 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00141 Creator:Stewart, Joseph H. Date:1918 July 3 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:The President of the Washington, D.C. branch of the Equal Rights League writes in response to a lynching in Madil, Oklahoma.
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| Joseph Maille to Woodrow Wilson | CS23 | Maille, Joseph | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 13 | 19141113 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS23 Creator:Maille, Joseph To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter giving justifications for segregation and saying that African Americans have caused the "degeneration of the White Southern race."
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| Joseph P. Tumulty to Hon. George Holden Tinkham | CS97 | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | Tinkham, George Holden, 1879-1956 | 1917 May 3 | 19170503 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS97 Creator:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) To:Tinkham, George Holden, 1879-1956 Date:1917 May 3 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Thanking Tinkham for bringing the memorial by Emery T. Morris and others.
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| Joseph P. Tumulty to Mrs. F. C. Smith | CS80 | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | Smith, Mary Hammond | 1914 November 25 | 19141125 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS80 Creator:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) To:Smith, Mary Hammond Date:1914 November 25 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Tumulty acknowledges receipt of letter and say he will bring it to the attention of the President.
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| Joseph W. Henderson to Woodrow Wilson | CS83 | Henderson, Joseph W. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 December 1 | 19141201 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS83 Creator:Henderson, Joseph W. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 December 1 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Joseph W. Henderson, editor of the New England Torchlight writes to Woodrow Wilson disagreeing with Wilson's stance in favor of segregation in the government departments.
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| Joseph. A. Arnold to RM Reese | DA071614a-b | Arnold, Joseph A. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 16 | 19140716 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071614a-b Creator:Arnold, Joseph A. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 16 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Division of Publications.
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| Journal of the Senate Petition Requesting Investigation Into Recent Race Riots. | R101419 | Journal of the Senate | | 1919 October 22 | 19191022 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:R101419 Creator:Journal of the Senate Date:1919 October 22 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Petition by a church in West Virginia for an investigation into the recent race riots in the U.S.
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| Journal of the Senate Petitions for Investigation Into Recent Race Riots. | R100719 | Journal of the Senate. | | 1919 October 7 | 19191007 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:R100719 Creator:Journal of the Senate. Date:1919 October 7 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Journal of the Senate listing petitions asking for an investigation into the recent race riots in the U.S.
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| Journal of the Senate. | R042120 | Journal of the Senate | | 1920 April 21 | 19200421 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:R042120 Creator:Journal of the Senate Date:1920 April 21 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Journal of the US Senate including bill introduced by Mr. Spencer creating a commission on the racial question.
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| Julian A. Gregory to Joseph P. Tumulty | PI051318 | Gregory, Julian A. | | 1918 May 13 | 19180513 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI051318 Creator:Gregory, Julian A. Date:1918 May 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Recommending Robert E. Travis.
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| Kathryn M. Johnson (NAACP) to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS94 | Johnson, Kathryn M. (Kathryn Magnolia), 1878- | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1916 February 24 | 19160224 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS94 Creator:Johnson, Kathryn M. (Kathryn Magnolia), 1878- To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1916 February 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Complaining that the City Central Committee of the Democratic Party has not gone on record against plans to segregate African Americans in St. Louis, Mo.
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| LC Moore, National Negro Democratic League to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS106 | Moore, L. C. | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1913 March 11 | 19130311 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS106 Creator:Moore, L. C. To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1913 March 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Request for a meeting between the President and a committee of the National Negro Democratic League.
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| Lee S. Overman to John Lord O'Brian | LO81918 | Overman, Lee S. (Lee Slater), 1854-1930 | | 1918 August 19 | 19180819 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO81918 Creator:Overman, Lee S. (Lee Slater), 1854-1930 Date:1918 August 19 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting a copy of the President's address "on sanity and patriotism" so he can print it as a public document.
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| List of colored employees in Forest Service at DC | A071714a | Adams, James B. | Reese, RM | 1914 July 17 | 19140717 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A071714a Creator:Adams, James B. To:Reese, RM Date:1914 July 17 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Sending list of African-American employees in the Forest Service in Washington, D. C.
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| List of Colored Employees in Forest Service Outside DC | A071714b-d | Adams, James B. | Reese, RM | 1914 July 30 | 19140730 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A071714b-d Creator:Adams, James B. To:Reese, RM Date:1914 July 30 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Sends list of African-American employees of the Forest Service employed outside Washington, D.C.
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| Louis G. Gregory to Woodrow Wilson | LO11517 | Gregory, Louis G. | | 1917 January 15 | 19170115 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO11517 Creator:Gregory, Louis G. Date:1917 January 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting that Wilson speak out against lynching and urge equal enforcement of the laws in his inaugural address.
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| Lynching: A National Menace: The White South's Protest Against Lynching | A081119 | Gregg, James E. | | 1919 August 11 | 19190811 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A081119 Creator:Gregg, James E. Date:1919 August 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Pamphlet by Principle of the Hampton Institute regarding lynching in the US
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| M. Cravath Simpson to Woodrow Wilson | TI00150 | Simpson, Maud Cravath | | 1918 November 12 | 19181112 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00150 Creator:Simpson, Maud Cravath Date:1918 November 12 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Appeal for lynching to be made a federal crime.
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| Mary Hammond Smith to Woodrow Wilson | CS75B | Smith, Mary Hammond | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 20 | 19141120 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS75B Creator:Smith, Mary Hammond To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 20 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Note introducing clippings from the Los Angeles Daily Times which she is enclosing.
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| Maurice W. Spencer to Woodrow Wilson | CS97C | Spencer, Maurice W. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1917 October 2 | 19171001 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS97C Creator:Spencer, Maurice W. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1917 October 2 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Enclosing copy of address by the National Equal Rights League.
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| Max Eastman to Woodrow Wilson | LN31418 | Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 | | 1918 March 9 | 19180309 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LN31418 Creator:Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 Date:1918 March 9 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Requesting that the President use the force of moral opinion to help stop lynching.
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| May Childs Nerney to JE Ralph | SE072613a | Nerney, May Childs | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | 1913 July 26 | 19130726 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE072613a Creator:Nerney, May Childs To:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 Date:1913 July 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:May Childs Nerney of the NAACP to JE Ralph asking his opinion on the policy of segregation in the federal government.
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| Memo about Rev. Byron Gunner's desire to meet with Wilson to protest segregation | CS09 | Walsh, David I. (David Ignatius), 1872-1947 | | 1914 October 26 | 19141026 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS09 Creator:Walsh, David I. (David Ignatius), 1872-1947 Date:1914 October 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Governor Walsh asks on behalf of the International Independent Political Equal Rights League that the White House arrange a meeting with Rev. Byron Gunner.
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| Memorandum for Assistant Secretary Williams | T100110B | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926. | 1913 April 4 | 19130404 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:T100110B Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926. Date:1913 April 4 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:John Skelton Williams asks Joseph E. Ralph why different races were "working together side by side" in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| Memorandum for Assistant Secretary Williams | SE071213 | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 | 1913 July 12 | 19130712 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE071213 Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 Date:1913 July 12 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Memorandum for Assistant Secretary Williams regarding segregation at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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| Memorandum for Carl R. Byoir | PI051418 | Unknown | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | 1918 May 14 | 19180514 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI051418 Creator:Unknown To:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:1918 May 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Describing the proposed work of the African American division of the Committee on Public Information.
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| Memorandum for Mr. Ralph from Mr. Williams | T100110A | Williams, JS | Ralph, JE | 1913 April 3 | 19130403 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:T100110A Creator:Williams, JS To:Ralph, JE Date:1913 April 3 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Suggesting segregation in Bureau of Engraving and Printing .
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| Memorandum for the Director | SE042813 | Ball, Anan E. | Ralph, Joseph E., (1863–1922) | 1913 April 28 | 19130428 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE042813 Creator:Ball, Anan E. To:Ralph, Joseph E., (1863–1922) Date:1913 April 28 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter from AE Ball from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to JE Ralph listing three employees who violated the segregation policy in the Bureau.
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| Memorandum re: Convention of Black Editors | TI00136 | [Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957] | | 1918 June 20 | 19180620 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00136 Creator:[Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957] Date:1918 June 20 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Memo that came out of the convention of African American editors asking for an end to lynching, and listing other grievances.
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| Memorandum to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from JE Ralph | SE072413d | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 | 1913 July 24 | 19130724 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE072413d Creator:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 To:Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926 Date:1913 July 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:JE Ralph notifies the Assistant Secretary that he has sent the names of the three girls who violated the segregation policy at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to Belle C. LaFollette.
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| Memorandum to George Edward Creel | PO50318 | Unknown
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Identifier:PO50318 Creator:Unknown
Date:1918 May 3 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Establishing an African American division within the Committee on Public Information.
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| Memorandum: The "Extension of Remarks" | A022916c | Waters, James C. | | 1916 February 29 | 19160229 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A022916c Creator:Waters, James C. Date:1916 February 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Memorandum: The "Extension of Remarks" inserted in the Congressional Record of Feb. 28, 1916, by Representative W.P. Borland.
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| MM Madden to Woodrow Wilson | CS81 | Madden, M. M. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 27 | 19141127 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS81 Creator:Madden, M. M. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 27 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Apologizing for the manner in which WM Trotter addressed the president and describing the plan of the American Colonization Association to create a new Liberia on American soil for African Americans to govern themselves.
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| Mrs. BV Leach to Woodrow Wilson | TI00244 | Leach, Mrs. B. V. | | 1917 December 26 | 19171226 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00244 Creator:Leach, Mrs. B. V. Date:1917 December 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:African American citizens request the president enact a law to stop mob attacks.
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| NAACP to Woodrow Wilson | CS01 | Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941 | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 January 6 | 19140106 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS01 Creator:Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941 To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 January 6 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Moorfield Story et al. request the abolition of racial segregation in the federal departments.
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| Nat C. Murray to RM Reese | DA071514e | Murray, Nat C. (Nat Carleton), 1872- | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | 1914 July 15 | 19140715 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071514e Creator:Murray, Nat C. (Nat Carleton), 1872- To:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 Date:1914 July 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA Bureau of Crop Estimates.
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| National Committee of Patriotic Societies to HH Sheets | PI050218 | National Committee of Patriotic Societies | | 1918 May 2 | 19180502 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:PI050218 Creator:National Committee of Patriotic Societies Date:1918 May 2 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:German Influence over African Americans, Italian miners, and farm laborers.
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| "Negro Artillery Band Throngs East Orange Hall, Clears $926" | TI00248c | Newark Evening News | | 1918 May 2 | 19180502 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00248c Creator:Newark Evening News Date:1918 May 2 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:African-American 350th Field Artillery Band raises $926 with performance
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| Negro Independent Political Council to Woodrow Wilson | CS56 | Lewis, Theophilus, 1891-1974
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 16 | 19141116 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS56 Creator:Lewis, Theophilus, 1891-1974
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 16 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Two civil rights leaders endorse William Trotter's behavior.
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| Nick Chiles to A. Mitchell Palmer | TI00161 | Chiles, Nick | Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell), 1872-1936 | 1919 November 18 | 19191118 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00161 Creator:Chiles, Nick To:Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell), 1872-1936 Date:1919 November 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing in regards to the execution of African Americans in Arkansas race riots
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| No Jim-Crow Government | CS66A | The World | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1914 November 13 | 19141113 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS66A Creator:The World To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1914 November 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
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| Notes by or about Oswald Garrison Villard | CS87 | Unknown | | 1914 December 11 | 19141211 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS87 Creator:Unknown Date:1914 December 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Introducing newspaper clipping
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| OM Skinner to Woodrow Wilson | TI00255 | Skinner, O. M. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1919 July 24 | 19190724 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00255 Creator:Skinner, O. M. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1919 July 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking the President for help with mob violence, segregation, and lynching.
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| Oswald Garrison Villard to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS66 | Villard, Oswald Garrison | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1914 November 17 | 19141117 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS66 Creator:Villard, Oswald Garrison To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1914 November 17 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Prominent newspaper editor protests against segregation.
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| Oswald Garrison Villard to Joseph P. Tumulty | CS76 | Villard, Oswald Garrison | Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) | 1914 November 23 | 19141123 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS76 Creator:Villard, Oswald Garrison To:Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Date:1914 November 23 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Villard urges Tumulty to end segregation and discrimination by "living up to the spirit of one's oath of office."
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| Oswald Garrison Villard to William Cox Redfield | CB041114a | Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 | Redfield, William Cox, 1858-1932 | 1914 April 11 | 19140411 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CB041114a Creator:Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 To:Redfield, William Cox, 1858-1932 Date:1914 April 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Villard asks that Redfield ensure the fair representation of blacks in the census report by appointing African American census officials.
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| Petition Favoring Race Commission | R051020 | Journal of the Senate | | 1920 May 10 | 19200510 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:R051020 Creator:Journal of the Senate Date:1920 May 10 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Proceedings of the US Senate including petition to create a commission on the racial question.
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| Petition for East St. Louis Investigation | RO92017 | Journal of the Senate | | 1918 September 20 | 19180920 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:RO92017 Creator:Journal of the Senate Date:1918 September 20 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Petition for East St. Louis investigation heard in the United States Senate.
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| PJ Bryant, et. al. to Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory | L030518 | Bryant, P. J. | | 1918 March 5 | 19180305 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:L030518 Creator:Bryant, P. J. Date:1918 March 5 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing to the Attorney General of the U.S. asking that he help stop lynching in the U.S.
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| President Denounces Mob Violence in Appeal to His Fellow Countrymen to Keep Nation's Fame Untarnished | TI00144 | Wilson, Woodrow | | 1918 July 26 | 19180726 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00144 Creator:Wilson, Woodrow Date:1918 July 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Official Bulletin with text of speech by Woodrow Wilson denouncing mob violence.
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| Press Release on the Office of Emmett J. Scott | TI00149 | Unknown | | 1918 August 7 | 19180807 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00149 Creator:Unknown Date:1918 August 7 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Press Release describing how the War Department bureau headed by Emmett J. Scott has grown with the addition of other office workers.
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| Press Release: "Editor's Conference Yields Big Results." | TI00155 | Unknown | | 1919 July 29 | 19190729 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00155 Creator:Unknown Date:1919 July 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Press release on the recent "Conference of Colored Editors and Leaders" held in Washington, DC.
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| Protesting Wilson’s Support for Segregation | CS72 | Walker, Edward L.
Parker, WM | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 19 | 19141119 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS72 Creator:Walker, Edward L.
Parker, WM To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 19 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter from the President and Secretary of the Saloonmen's Protective Union No. 1, protesting Wilson's support of segregation in the Federal government.
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| RA Pearson to Mr. Harrison | A052417 | Pearson, Raymond A. (Raymond Allen), 1873-1939 | | 1917 May 24 | 19170524 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A052417 Creator:Pearson, Raymond A. (Raymond Allen), 1873-1939 Date:1917 May 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding Senator Bankhead's bill creating an African American division of the Agriculture Department.
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| Race Relations Complicated | CS37 | Unknown | | c. 1914 | 19149999 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS37 Creator:Unknown Date:c. 1914 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Newspaper article or editorial on the complexity of race issues in the United States.
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| Race Segregation at Washington | CS25 | Unknown | | c. 1914 November | 19141199 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS25 Creator:Unknown Date:c. 1914 November Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Newspaper clipping regarding the Trotter incident at the White House.
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| RC Althouse to RM Reese | A082414 | Althouse, R. C. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 14 | 19140714 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A082414 Creator:Althouse, R. C. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:No African-American employees in the Federal Horticultural Board.
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| Rebecca Stiles Taylor, et. al. to Woodrow Wilson | LO53118 | Taylor, Rebecca Stiles | | 1918 May 31 | 19180531 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO53118 Creator:Taylor, Rebecca Stiles Date:1918 May 31 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding the lynching of Mary Turner in Valdosta, Ga.
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| Rep. W. P. Borland’s Remarks on Race | A022916 | Waters, James C., Jr. | Houston, David Franklin | 1916 February 29 | 19160229 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A022916 Creator:Waters, James C., Jr. To:Houston, David Franklin Date:1916 February 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asks the Secretary of Agriculture to what extend the remarks of Representative W. P. Borland on African-American employees may have been justified.
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| Report on East St. Louis Riots | RO81117 | Journal of the Senate | | 1917 August 11 | 19170811 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:RO81117 Creator:Journal of the Senate Date:1917 August 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Resolution to investigate the causes of the East St. Louis riots is reported with amendments.
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| Resolution on Race Riots and Lynchings. | R092219 | Journal of the Senate. | | 1919 September 22 | 19190922 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:R092219 Creator:Journal of the Senate. Date:1919 September 22 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Proceedings of the US Senate regarding a proposed investigation of lynchings and race riots.
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| Resolution Protesting Segregation | CS78 | Methodist Minister’s Alliance of Kansas City, MO | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1914 November 24 | 19141124 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS78 Creator:Methodist Minister’s Alliance of Kansas City, MO To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1914 November 24 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Resolution adopted by the Methodist Ministers Alliance of Kansas City, Missouri, against segregation and discrimination.
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| Resolution, District of Columbia Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | TI00153 | Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930 | | 1919 March 13 | 19190313 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00153 Creator:Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930 Date:1919 March 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Resolution requesting that acts of racial discrimination in federal bureaus and offices be discontinued.
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| Rev. Simon PW Drew to Woodrow Wilson | CS101 | Drew, Simon PW | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1918 January 15 | 19180115 | Text | African-Americans--segregation
United States. Armed Forces--African Americans |
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Identifier:CS101 Creator:Drew, Simon PW To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1918 January 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation
United States. Armed Forces--African Americans |
Description:Thanks Wilson for using his influence in favor of African Americans, invites the President to celebrations of Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays, and includes other requests.
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| RL Emerson to RM Reese | A072014 | Emerson, R. L. | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 20 | 19140720 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A072014 Creator:Emerson, R. L. To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 20 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in the USDA's Bureau of Chemistry.
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| RM Reese to Chiefs of Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices | A071414 | Reese, Robert Miller | | 1914 July 14 | 19140714 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A071414 Creator:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Memorandum requesting information on the number of African-American employees in the Department of Agriculture.
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| RM Reese to George Livingstone | A041121D | Reese, Robert Miller | Livingston, George | 1921 April 25 | 19210425 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A041121D Creator:Reese, Robert Miller To:Livingston, George Date:1921 April 25 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
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| RM Reese to Harrison F. Fitts | A041121C | Reese, Robert Miller | Fitts, Harrison F. | 1921 April 25 | 19210425 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A041121C Creator:Reese, Robert Miller To:Fitts, Harrison F. Date:1921 April 25 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Description of a plan to investigate African American farmers.
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| Robert A. Travis to Carl Byoir | TI00248 | Travis, Robert A. | Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 | c. 1918 May | 19180599 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00248 Creator:Travis, Robert A. To:Byoir, Carl Robert, 1886-1957 Date:c. 1918 May Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter proposing an "educational propaganda" program among African Americans.
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| Robert J. Terry to David F. Houston | A091413A | Terry, Robert J. (Robert James), 1871-1966 | Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940 | 1913 September 14 | 19130914 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A091413A Creator:Terry, Robert J. (Robert James), 1871-1966 To:Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940 Date:1913 September 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Anatomy professor from Washington University in St. Louis requests help in finding African American embryos.
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| Robert M. Reese, to James E. Jones | A071514f | Reese, Robert Miller | Jones, James E. | 1914 July 21 | 19140721 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A071514f Creator:Reese, Robert Miller To:Jones, James E. Date:1914 July 21 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Asking Jones to send someone to Appointment Office to get information on the number of African-American employees in the Bureau of Plant Industry.
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| Robert P. Stewart to OM Skinner | TI00255A | Stewart, Robert Prescott, 1825-1894. | | 1919 August 2 | 19190802 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00255A Creator:Stewart, Robert Prescott, 1825-1894. Date:1919 August 2 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Informing Skinner that the subject of mob violence which he raised in a letter to the President falls within the jurisdiction of the states.
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| Rose Miller to Joseph Ralph | SE071913a | Miller, Rose | Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 | 1913 July 19 | 19130719 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SE071913a Creator:Miller, Rose To:Ralph, Joseph E., 1863-1922 Date:1913 July 19 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Rose Miller, an employee in the Wetting Division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, writes to the Director of the Bureau saying it would be "less humiliating to have a white man in charge."
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| RP Clifton to Chief Clerk (RM Reese) | A072114 | Clifton, RP | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 21 | 19140721 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:A072114 Creator:Clifton, RP To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 21 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Sending requested list of African-American employees in the Bureau of Entomology.
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| RV Bailey to RM Reese | DAG071614_2 | Bailey, R. Victor | Reese, Robert Miller | 1914 July 16 | 19140716 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DAG071614_2 Creator:Bailey, R. Victor To:Reese, Robert Miller Date:1914 July 16 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Informing Reese there were no African-American employees in the USDA Office of Markets or the Office of Rural Organization.
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| Segregated Preparedness | CS95A | Herrmann, John P. | | No date | 99999999 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS95A Creator:Herrmann, John P. Date:No date Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Letter to the Editor of St. Louis Labor discussing resolution proposed by the only African American man in attendance, Richard M. Bolden, which was not adopted.
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| Segregation May Be an Issue | CS36 | Unknown | | 1914 November 15 | 19141115 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS36 Creator:Unknown Date:1914 November 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Newspaper clipping about segregation in the federal government departments.
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| Segregation of Clerks and Employees in Civil Service | CS34 | House of Representatives | | 1914 March 11 | 19140311 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:CS34 Creator:House of Representatives Date:1914 March 11 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Debate in House of Representatives on the segregation of clerks and employees in the federal bureaus.
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| Statement of the Colored Employees in the Office of the Secretary | DA071514_1 | United States. Department of Agriculture | | 1914 July 15 | 19140715 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:DA071514_1 Creator:United States. Department of Agriculture Date:1914 July 15 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:List of African-American employees in USDA Office of the Secretary.
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| The Republican Club of the City of New York to William C. Redfield | SC123013a | Republican Club of the City of New York | Redfield, William Cox, 1858-1932 | 1913 December 30 | 19131230 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:SC123013a Creator:Republican Club of the City of New York To:Redfield, William Cox, 1858-1932 Date:1913 December 30 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:The Republican Club writes to urge an end to race prejudice and the segregation of African Americans in government department offices.
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