Trotter Not to Appear

Title

Trotter Not to Appear

Creator

The Amsterdam News

Identifier

CS90A

Date

c. 1914 December

Description

Newspaper article from the Amsterdam News on the decision to cancel a public meeting in New York City with William Monroe Trotter.

Source

Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

African-Americans--segregation

Contributor

Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock

Language

English

Is Part Of

CS90, CS90A

Provenance

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

Text

The Amsterdam News...

TROTTER NOT TO APPEAR

Manhattan Casino Meeting Monday Evening Cancelled, It Is Said, for Good Reasons.

William Monroe Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian and spokesman for a committee representing the Colored Citizens' Equal Rights League, who is said to have uttered some sharp and pointed words to President Wilson about segregation, will not speak at Manhattan Casino Monday evening as previously advertised. R. T. Givens, an estimable citizen of the Greater City, who was promoting the affair, has issued a statement cancelling all arrangements, and it is said, as-wrong in making the move, which he emphasizes, was made with no ulterior motive. Mr. Givens seems to be under the impression that the idea had been misunderstood by many of the critics of the Boston man, and that it was an attempt to commercialize the White House incident. This also is cited by many as one of the "good and sufficient reasons" hinted at in the advertisement which cancels the meeting, and appearing in another column of this paper. Still, by a few also it is thought that, despite the criticism that followed the announcement that Mr. Trotter would come here and tell what he did say to Mr. Wilson, there would be many who would be found at Manhattan Casino Monday evening to hear and decide for themselves whether the words uttered by the fighting editor were really of a character to raise the President's ire and cause as they have a nation-wide comment. These folks further point to the fact that all movement, especially one of this nature, has its followers, regardless of what others think of it.

Original Format

Newspaper Article

To

Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick)

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CS90A.pdf

Citation

The Amsterdam News, “Trotter Not to Appear,” c. 1914 December, CS90A, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.