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Title
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Race and Segregation Collection
Description
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Collection of articles and documents copied from the US National Archives and Records Administration on the topic of African Americans and racism during the years of the Wilson administration, including Jim Crow laws and workplace segregation, in several federal agencies.
PLEASE NOTE: There are numerous instances of hateful sentiments and offensive language in the documents of the collection, along with outright expressions of racism by some letter writers.
Publisher
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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Contributor
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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Format
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pdf files
Language
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English
Type
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Digital Manuscript Collection
Source
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US National Archives and Records Administration
Library of Congress
US Department of Justice
US Department of Agriculture
Creator
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Hackford, Heidi
Identifier
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MS100011
Subject
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African-Americans--Segregation
Text
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19200109
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Mr. J. Silas Harris,
Pres., Negro National Educational Congress,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your letter of the 8th instant in which you advise me that you are deeply interested in the welfare of the colored race, and that you would be pleased if I could see my way clear to give some of them employment in this Bureau since your state, Missouri, has no negro representation in Washington.
In reply I beg to state that this Bureau employs a very large number of the members of your race in various positions. For your information I desire to say that we engrave and print the paper securities of the United States, and practically all of our work is mechanical in character, and all of our employes are appointed under Civil Service regulations, so that before any person that might aspire to an appointment in this Bureau could be appointed here he would have to take an examination for some grade of work performed by us. If there is any particular person in whom you are interested, and you will furnish me his name, and he should be certified at any time, I beg to assure you that his claims to appointment will receive most careful consideration, bearing your interest in him in mind.
Respectfully,
JW
James L. Wilmeth
Director.
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Title
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James L. Wilmeth to J. Silas Harris
Creator
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Wilmeth, James L.
Identifier
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TI00164A
Date
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1920 January 9
Description
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Request for African American employees in DC from MO.
Source
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National Archives and Records Administration 450/79/11/7 box #64 entry #12A1
Publisher
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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
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African-Americans--segregation
Format
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pdf file
Language
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English
Type
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Text
African-American employment
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Negro National Educational Congress