NAACP to Woodrow Wilson
Title
NAACP to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941
Identifier
CS01
Date
1914 January 6
Description
Moorfield Story et al. request the abolition of racial segregation in the federal departments.
Source
Library of Congress Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231 Manuscript Division
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Contributor
Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock
Language
English
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
The President,
Washington, D.C.
Resolved that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in annual meeting assembled, welcome the report that segregation of colored employees in Federal departments at Washington has been checked. Be it further Resolved, that the President of the United States be urged to put an entire stop to this injustice at once. Resolved, that these resolutions be telegraphed to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Moorfield Story, President;
Oswald Garrison Villard,
Joel E. Spingarn,
Charles Edward Russell.
Washington, D.C.
Resolved that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in annual meeting assembled, welcome the report that segregation of colored employees in Federal departments at Washington has been checked. Be it further Resolved, that the President of the United States be urged to put an entire stop to this injustice at once. Resolved, that these resolutions be telegraphed to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Moorfield Story, President;
Oswald Garrison Villard,
Joel E. Spingarn,
Charles Edward Russell.
Original Format
Telegram
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929 et al., “NAACP to Woodrow Wilson,” 1914 January 6, CS01, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.