DL Gore to Woodrow Wilson
Title
DL Gore to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Gore, D. L. (Daniel Lenox), 1847-
Identifier
TI00129
Date
1918 May 23
Description
Wholesale grocer in N.C. requests the President's assistance regarding lynching.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1276 NARA ID #52
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
The negro race has been as loyal toward the war as any other race. I notice in the papers to-day two negro lynchings in Georgia, one, if not both, on suspicion of murder; is my recollection. Don't you think you, as President, should write about it or have someone to look it up. The negroes are human beings and I think we need their help and sympathy, and we, as a christian nation, are our brothers' keeper I think, and should do all we can to help and shield the inferior races among us.
Yours very truly,
DL Gore
DLG/W
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
The negro race has been as loyal toward the war as any other race. I notice in the papers to-day two negro lynchings in Georgia, one, if not both, on suspicion of murder; is my recollection. Don't you think you, as President, should write about it or have someone to look it up. The negroes are human beings and I think we need their help and sympathy, and we, as a christian nation, are our brothers' keeper I think, and should do all we can to help and shield the inferior races among us.
Yours very truly,
DL Gore
DLG/W
Original Format
Letter
Collection
Citation
Gore, D. L. (Daniel Lenox), 1847-, “DL Gore to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 May 23, TI00129, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.