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President Roosevelt’s recent Lincoln Day Speech was primarily devoted to the race problem. The author reports that while notable in many respects, disappointingly, the speech did not mention Roosevelt’s policy respecting southern representation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-15
This newspaper article mentions information from another newspaper about an African American farmer who was able to pay his rent and $1,900 he owed and still have money in the bank. The article in the Montgomery Advertiser suggests all that African Americans want is “exactly the same chance to earn an honest living and to enjoy the fruits of their labor.” The writer believes African Americans will stay in Alabama if white people “go at it the right way.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-14
Alabama Governor B. B. Comer has returned from his trips to Washington, D.C., and New York, but he would only speak of the social engagements he attended and not of government affairs. In addition to meeting with several Southern governors, Comer met with President Roosevelt, the “great trust buster and wielder of the large cane in general,” and was impressed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-09
A newspaper article describing the investigation of a lynch mob in Alabama, who murdered Horace Maples.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-25
In a highlighted article titled “The President and the Negro,” Albert Shaw expresses his concern that President Roosevelt has neglected to hire a fair amount of negro federal officials: “President Roosevelt has made about eighty appointments of federal office holders in the State of North Carolina, of whom only one has been a negro.” The exception has been William Demos Crum, who was up for confirmation as collector of the port at Charleston. Crum’s confirmation was challenged by two Senators who attempted to adopt regulations that would prevent him from serving in the post.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-07
Thomas Goode Jones was sworn in as judge of the United States District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama. The article lists many people who were present at the event, and also recounts Jones’s words before being sworn in, as well as his oath of office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-11