Thankful of Wilson’s “Kind Words” to Trotter
Title
Thankful of Wilson’s “Kind Words” to Trotter
Creator
Landry, Pierre
Identifier
CS22
Date
1914 November 13
Description
Letter to Wilson congratulating him for his "kind words... to Chairman Trotter."
Source
Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
African-Americans--segregation
Contributor
Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock
Language
English
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
The President:
Speaking for nine-tenths of the intelligent negroes of this country, especially of the south, I congratulate you upon your kind words at your office to Chairman Trotter of the anti-segregation Committee, touching the progress of my race.
Pierre Landry, Marrying Prolate,
City Board of Health.
Speaking for nine-tenths of the intelligent negroes of this country, especially of the south, I congratulate you upon your kind words at your office to Chairman Trotter of the anti-segregation Committee, touching the progress of my race.
Pierre Landry, Marrying Prolate,
City Board of Health.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Landry, Pierre, “Thankful of Wilson’s “Kind Words” to Trotter,” 1914 November 13, CS22, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.