Francis H. Warren to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Francis H. Warren to Woodrow Wilson
Identifier
T102002
Date
1913 May 31
Source
Microfilm Reel 285, Woodrow Wilson Papers, Library of Congress
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia
Subject
African Americans
Lynching
Language
English
Text
2 WU JM 118 NL 1215pm 1st
Battle Creek, Mich., May 31, 1913.
The President:
Have just learned here that S. W. Green, negro, a cultured gentleman of the highest
class and supreme chanceller of colored Knights of Pythias, was taken from the
colored section of a coach at Milton, Florida, and lynched because he had in-
sisted as an interstate passenger upon riding in a Pullman car. This case cert-
ainly calls for a determined effort to abolish our Jim Crow laws and a nation-
al protest against our great iniquity, the lynching of negroes. Won't you aid
us in the suppression of mob law by a direct appeal to the people affected
with negrophobia and this in the interest of justice and humanity.
Francis H. Warren, Attorney,
Detroit Branch Nat'l., Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
152195
Battle Creek, Mich., May 31, 1913.
The President:
Have just learned here that S. W. Green, negro, a cultured gentleman of the highest
class and supreme chanceller of colored Knights of Pythias, was taken from the
colored section of a coach at Milton, Florida, and lynched because he had in-
sisted as an interstate passenger upon riding in a Pullman car. This case cert-
ainly calls for a determined effort to abolish our Jim Crow laws and a nation-
al protest against our great iniquity, the lynching of negroes. Won't you aid
us in the suppression of mob law by a direct appeal to the people affected
with negrophobia and this in the interest of justice and humanity.
Francis H. Warren, Attorney,
Detroit Branch Nat'l., Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
152195
Original Format
Telegram
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
“Francis H. Warren to Woodrow Wilson,” 1913 May 31, T102002, Woodrow Wilson Executive Files: Lynching, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.