Julius Rosenwald to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Julius Rosenwald to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Rosenwald, Julius
Identifier
CS42
Date
1914 November 13
Description
Letter recounting an experience Rosenwald had with William M. Trotter, who said Rosenwald was inducing segregation in his attempts to build YMCAs for African Americans.
Source
Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
African-Americans--segregation
Contributor
Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock
Language
English
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
Dear Mr. President:-
I have read with sympathetic interest the accounts in the Chicago newspapers of your experience yesterday at the White House with William M. Trotter. Perhaps, in view of this, you would be interested in an experience I had with the same man last summer. In July I received an unpleasant letter from him. He upraided me severely for my "inducement for segregation" in Y.M.C.A. 's, because I am trying to encourage the erection of Y.M.C.A. buildings for Colored men and boys in certain American cities. Undoubtedly Mr. Trotter is a notoriety seeker, whose methods are dismaying to the conservative members of his race.
With kind regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Julius Rosenwald
Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States,
Washington, D.C.
I have read with sympathetic interest the accounts in the Chicago newspapers of your experience yesterday at the White House with William M. Trotter. Perhaps, in view of this, you would be interested in an experience I had with the same man last summer. In July I received an unpleasant letter from him. He upraided me severely for my "inducement for segregation" in Y.M.C.A. 's, because I am trying to encourage the erection of Y.M.C.A. buildings for Colored men and boys in certain American cities. Undoubtedly Mr. Trotter is a notoriety seeker, whose methods are dismaying to the conservative members of his race.
With kind regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Julius Rosenwald
Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States,
Washington, D.C.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Rosenwald, Julius, “Julius Rosenwald to Woodrow Wilson,” 1914 November 13, CS42, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.