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Objects and plan of organization

Objects and plan of organization

The National Afro-American Council has removed the nonpartisan clause in its constitution and is now the National Republican Afro-American Council. The change was necessary because retaining African American civil and political rights will be through partisan action. The council encourages support for Theodore Roosevelt’s election and the creation of local councils throughout the country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904

Resolutions from African American Louisiana Republicans

Resolutions from African American Louisiana Republicans

Resolutions passed by a meeting of African American Louisiana Republicans protesting against the actions of the “Lily White” Republicans in Louisiana, particularly the denial of African American electors being represented at the convention. They call for a new convention that will properly represent all the Republicans of Louisiana and elect delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-20

President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt

The author supports President Roosevelt and his decision to host Booker T. Washington at the White House. Roosevelt is the first Republican to practically demonstrate African American civil rights and equality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-26

The lynching problem

The lynching problem

Print shows a southern vigilante holding a rope with a noose and a “Sheriff” holding a paper that states “2000 dollars must be paid by the county, for each lynching. Law of South Carolina.” An African American man cowers behind the sheriff. A large building labeled “Courthouse” is in the background. Caption: If motives of humanity and justice won’t stop them, may be this will.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-06-14

John A. Logan in 1859

John A. Logan in 1859

John Alexander Logan stands at center, holding a paper that states “No Interference with Slave-Hunters!” and looking over his left shoulder at two slave hunters rounding up a family of fugitive slaves. A similar scene is repeated in the background. Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, and Charles Sumner are standing on the left, watching in anger and with restraint. Caption: “You call it the dirty work of the Democratic Party to catch fugitive slaves for the Southern people. WE are willing to perform that dirty work.” –John Alexander Logan, in the Illinois State Legislature, Dec. 9th, 1859.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-07-09

The four Rips; or, twenty years behind the age

The four Rips; or, twenty years behind the age

Uncle Sam is seated at a table in front of “Uncle Sam’s Inter-State Market,” with a businessman labeled “Northern Capital” on the right and an agricultural producer labeled “Southern Goods – Cotton, Sugar, Tobacco, Whiskey” on the left. Standing before the table are James G. Blaine labeled “Bloody Shirt,” and John Sherman, Whitelaw Reid, and Joseph B. Foraker, who all have long flowing hair and beards like Rip Van Winkle. Blaine is leaning on a rifle labeled “Shot Gun.” Two young African American men are sitting on a bale of cotton and a keg of “Tobacco” in the lower right corner, and in the middle ground African Americans are harvesting cotton. In the background, along the shores of a harbor, is a prosperous city. Caption: Uncle Sam “My fossil friends, the War ended twenty years ago. Have you been sleeping ever since?”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-09-16

Speech of Gov. Roosevelt at St. Louis, Monday night, Oct. 9, 1900

Speech of Gov. Roosevelt at St. Louis, Monday night, Oct. 9, 1900

In this speech draft with handwritten corrections, Governor Roosevelt campaigns against William Jennings Bryan and his policies. Bryan’s prophecies regarding the need for free silver have not come true and the country has prospered. Roosevelt advocates national action to combat the complex problems of trusts. He points out the plight of African Americans and that Bryan seems more concerned with the rights of the “bandits” in the Philippines. Roosevelt does not want the United States to shirk its duty in the Philippines and believes that liberty will come to the islands under the American flag.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1900-10-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Julian LaRose Harris

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Julian LaRose Harris

Oscar K. Davis releases this item for the morning papers of August 3, 1912. Theodore Roosevelt describes in detail the treatment of African Americans by both the Republican and Democratic Parties, but believes that for the Progressive Party, this issue is not a race issue, but a moral issue. Roosevelt concludes that the Progressive Party, as well as Southern black men, will be best served by appealing to Southern white men who support civil rights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-01

The south and the election

The south and the election

This article reports on the lack of enthusiasm over President Roosevelt’s election in the South. It reprints quotes from different Southern papers and says if the South wants to take the “race question” out of national politics it should “stop burning negroes at the stake.” This article was enclosed in a letter from Roosevelt to the writer Edward Sanford Martin.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-11

Letter from Carl Schurz to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Carl Schurz to Theodore Roosevelt

Carl Schurz thanks President Roosevelt for his kind words concerning his paper on the “negro question.” Responding to Roosevelt’s affirmation that he sometimes accepted Booker T. Washington’s advice about appointments of colored people in the South, Schurz expresses concern that Washington be kept far from such political affairs, to protect his unique mission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-29

Gorman and the race issue

Gorman and the race issue

The unnamed author faults Senator Arthur P. Gorman for changing his views based on his own political goals. As an example, the author provides contradictory statements Gorman made regarding President Roosevelt’s attitude toward African American rights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-01

Hunting a ghost

Hunting a ghost

Ex-Senator Jones believes that the next Democratic National Convention will introduce a white supremacy plank into the party platform. The unknown author thinks this is an unnecessary distraction as everyone, no matter their party or race, already knows that African Americans cannot achieve racial equality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-07