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Samuel H. Bishop earnestly pleads for Theodore Roosevelt to use his influence for the American Church Institute for Negroes. The Institute has six schools that need ecclesiastical resources to fund them. Bishop asks Roosevelt to speak at a mass meeting on November 12.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-01
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-01
James Kimble Vardaman failed to receive a plurality of votes in the Democratic primary for Governor of Mississippi. Vardaman’s policies against African Americans and his “unquotable vulgarities” have made the election simply between justice and injustice. Vardaman’s opponents, Judge Frank Archibald Critz and Senator Edmond Favor Noel, received more combined votes, and Noel, who finished in third place, has instructed his supporters to vote for Critz.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-22