Florence Randolph and Lizzie Pearce to Woodrow Wilson.
Title
Florence Randolph and Lizzie Pearce to Woodrow Wilson.
Creator
Randolph, Florence.
Identifier
LO81219
Date
1919 August 12
Description
Requesting President use his influence to obtain fair and just treatment "for the race of which we are a part" after recent race riots.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1276 NARA ID #107
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
1WU XA 81 NL 4xa 830 am 13.
ASBURY PARK, N.J., August 12, 1919.
THE PRESIDENT.
The members of the Womens Home Foreign Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, who represent a membership of five thousand women and who are assembled in annual convention at Asbury Park, New Jersey, beg to call your attention to the race riots which have recently disgraced our country. We ask you to use the influence of your high position and office to obtain fair and just treatment for the race of which we are a part.
Florence Randolph, Pres't.,
Lizzie Pearce, Secretary.
ASBURY PARK, N.J., August 12, 1919.
THE PRESIDENT.
The members of the Womens Home Foreign Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, who represent a membership of five thousand women and who are assembled in annual convention at Asbury Park, New Jersey, beg to call your attention to the race riots which have recently disgraced our country. We ask you to use the influence of your high position and office to obtain fair and just treatment for the race of which we are a part.
Florence Randolph, Pres't.,
Lizzie Pearce, Secretary.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Randolph, Florence., “Florence Randolph and Lizzie Pearce to Woodrow Wilson.,” 1919 August 12, LO81219, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.