Nick Childs to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Nick Childs to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Childs, Nick
Identifier
T102003
Date
1914 October 6
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
7 WU JM 5 NL 9am 7th
Topeka, Kans., Oct. 6, 1914.
The President:
Sir: The colored people obeyed your peace prayer proclanation last
Sunday. Now we think it no more than fair that you name a day of prayer
to stop the lynching and other outrages committed upon colored Americans
in the United States and they are the only ones who suffer abuses heaped
upon them by so-called Christians. Believing you to be a Christian gentleman
you could do no less than grant this request.
The Topeka Plain Dealer,
Nick Childs, Editor.
152196
Topeka, Kans., Oct. 6, 1914.
The President:
Sir: The colored people obeyed your peace prayer proclanation last
Sunday. Now we think it no more than fair that you name a day of prayer
to stop the lynching and other outrages committed upon colored Americans
in the United States and they are the only ones who suffer abuses heaped
upon them by so-called Christians. Believing you to be a Christian gentleman
you could do no less than grant this request.
The Topeka Plain Dealer,
Nick Childs, Editor.
152196
Original Format
Telegram
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Childs, Nick, “Nick Childs to Woodrow Wilson,” 1914 October 6, T102003, Woodrow Wilson Executive Files: Lynching, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.