Henry Allen Boyd to Woodrow Wilson | L122619 | Boyd, Henry Allen, 1876-1959. | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 | 1919 December 26 | 19191226 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:L122619 Creator:Boyd, Henry Allen, 1876-1959. To:Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Date:1919 December 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Urging President to stay the execution of African Americans in Arkansas race riots.
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Assistant Attorney General LaRue Brown to Mrs. Eva B. Davis | TI00249d | Brown, LaRue, 1883-1969 | | 1918 June 27 | 19180627 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00249d Creator:Brown, LaRue, 1883-1969 Date:1918 June 27 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Explaining that a Supreme Court case prevents the Department of Justice from taking any action in the matter of lynching and mob violence.
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PJ Bryant, et. al. to Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory | L030518 | Bryant, P. J. | | 1918 March 5 | 19180305 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:L030518 Creator:Bryant, P. J. Date:1918 March 5 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing to the Attorney General of the U.S. asking that he help stop lynching in the U.S.
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Francis J. Coffey to Upton Sinclair | WWP25039 | Coffey, Francis J. | Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 | 1918 May 10 | 19180510 | Text | World War, 1914-1918 Socialism--United States--Periodicals Lawyers--United States Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 |
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Identifier:WWP25039 Creator:Coffey, Francis J. To:Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Date:1918 May 10 Subject:World War, 1914-1918 Socialism--United States--Periodicals Lawyers--United States Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 |
Description:US Attorney responds to letter from Upton Sinclair about the trial against the editors of "The Masses."
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Andy Dawson to Woodrow Wilson | TI00137 | Dawson, Andy | | 1918 June 29 | 19180629 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00137 Creator:Dawson, Andy Date:1918 June 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Call for lynching to be made a federal crime.
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William L. Frierson to James Rudolph Little | TI00163A | Frierson, William L. | | 1919 December 4 | 19191204 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00163A Creator:Frierson, William L. Date:1919 December 4 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:The matter he wrote about is under investigation by Department of Justice.
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The Workman's Circle to Woodrow Wilson | LO11320 | Geliebter, Philip | | 1920 January 13 | 19200113 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO11320 Creator:Geliebter, Philip Date:1920 January 13 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing in concern over unequal death penalty policy
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JE Hoover to Robert P. Stewart | TI00159 | Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 | | 1919 November 7 | 19191107 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00159 Creator:Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Date:1919 November 7 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Writing in regards to making a report on the race riots in Arkansas.
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Ernest Knaebel to JB Winston | LO31315c | Knaebel, Ernest | Winston, J. B. | 1915 March 18 | 19150318 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO31315c Creator:Knaebel, Ernest To:Winston, J. B. Date:1915 March 18 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Acknowledging the receipt of Winston's letter regarding lynchings of African-Americans, the Assistant Attorney General advises him that the federal government does not have jurisdiction over these crimes.
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Claude R. Porter to Charles M. Williams | TI00253d | Porter, Claude R. | Williams, Charles M. | 1918 November 29 | 19181129 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:TI00253d Creator:Porter, Claude R. To:Williams, Charles M. Date:1918 November 29 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Replying that the federal government has no jurisdiction over the killing of African Americans by a mob in Winston-Salem, NC.
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A. Slayton, et. al. to Department of Justice | LO12620 | Slayton, A. | | 1920 January 26 | 19200126 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO12620 Creator:Slayton, A. Date:1920 January 26 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Race Riots in Elaine, Arkansas
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Rebecca Stiles Taylor, et. al. to Woodrow Wilson | LO53118 | Taylor, Rebecca Stiles | | 1918 May 31 | 19180531 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:LO53118 Creator:Taylor, Rebecca Stiles Date:1918 May 31 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Regarding the lynching of Mary Turner in Valdosta, Ga.
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Citizen of Wabash, Arkansas to Uncle Sam | L112119 | Unknown | | 1919 November 14 | 19191114 | Text | African-Americans--segregation |
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Identifier:L112119 Creator:Unknown Date:1919 November 14 Subject:African-Americans--segregation |
Description:Woman writing to say that men are being taken away and lynched.
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