Warren G. Harding to Henry C. Wallace

Title

Warren G. Harding to Henry C. Wallace

Creator

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel)

Identifier

A041121

Date

1921 April 7

Description

President Harding asks Secretary of Agriculture to find places for African-American Republicans in the Department of Agriculture.

Source

US National Archives and Records Administration 130/68/3/00 box #3 entry #5 “Negroes” folder

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

African-Americans--segregation

Contributor

Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock

Relation

A041121A

Language

English

Provenance

Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.

Text

My dear Mr. Secretary:

I wish you would make a survey of your department and ascertain if there are a couple of suitable places there for colored appointees. The administration is facing the problem of bringing a few representative colored Republicans into administrative activity and I should very much like your assistance in ascertaining where there are suitable places for a couple of colored men. I will be glad to have you report the matter to me personally when you are fully informed.

Very truly yours,

[signed] Warren G. Harding


The Honorable
The Secretary of Agriculture

Original Format

Letter

To

Wallace, Henry C.

Files

A041121b.jpg

Citation

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), “Warren G. Harding to Henry C. Wallace,” 1921 April 7, A041121, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.