Kathryn M. Johnson (NAACP) to Joseph P. Tumulty

Title

Kathryn M. Johnson (NAACP) to Joseph P. Tumulty

Creator

Johnson, Kathryn M. (Kathryn Magnolia), 1878-

Identifier

CS94

Date

1916 February 24

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.

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

Relation

CS95

Language

English

Provenance

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

Text

Hon. J. P. Tumulty:

City Central Committee Democratic Party has failed to place itself on record against ordnance to segregate negroes of this city to be voted on February 29th. Can you or your party afford responsibility of this attitude. Wire collect.

Katheryn M. Johnson, Field Agent,
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Original Format

Letter

To

Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick)

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CS94.pdf

Citation

Johnson, Kathryn M. (Kathryn Magnolia), 1878-, “Kathryn M. Johnson (NAACP) to Joseph P. Tumulty ,” 1916 February 24, CS94, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.