Woodrow Wilson
Articles discussing Woodrow Wilson from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Woodrow Wilson (34 articles)
Articles from The Crisis that substantially discuss Woodrow Wilson.
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 (Feb) | Politics | Argues in The Crisis (1912) that Black votes hold the balance of power, urging strategic demands for democracy, justice, and education reforms. |
| 1912 (May) | The Last Word in Politics | Urges Black voters to weigh race and democracy over party promises, endorsing a risky test of Wilson. |
| 1912 (Jun) | The Election | Defends Black support for Wilson, warns of Southern racism and disfranchisement, and urges real justice and democracy. |
| 1913 (Feb) | Burleson | Condemns Burleson’s push to segregate the federal civil service, links race exclusion to lynching, and urges action. |
| 1913 (Mar) | An Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson | Urges Woodrow Wilson to defend Black civil rights—voting, education, labor access—and end lynching to save democracy. |
| 1913 (Jun) | Education | Warns democracy is at risk unless lynching, disfranchisement and racial discrimination are confronted. |
| 1913 (Nov) | Another Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson | Denounces federal segregation, warns Wilson this assault on race, democracy, and votes will cost political support. |
| 1914 (Feb) | The South in the Saddle | Exposes how Southern disfranchisement inflates Congressional power, forcing national policy and undermining democracy. |
| 1914 (May) | A Question of Policy and The Philosophy of Mr. Dole | Rejects conciliatory friends whose silence enables lynching and racial injustice, demanding Black democracy and voting rights. |
| 1914 (Jun) | William Monroe Trotter | Praises William Monroe Trotter’s fearless defense of Black equality and criticizes Wilson’s paternalistic race views. |
| 1915 (Feb) | The President | Sharply criticizes President Wilson’s insincere, Jim-Crow-promoting stance that betrays race and democracy. |
| 1915 (Mar) | Preparedness | Argues that true national preparedness requires ending lynching and securing racial justice under law. |
| 1915 (Apr) | Hayti | Condemns U.S. intervention in Hayti as racist imperialism, calling citizens to protest and defend sovereignty. |
| 1916 (Feb) | Carrizal | Condemns U.S. racism: Carrizal’‘s Black soldiers’’ sacrifice exposes hypocrisy—honored in death, denied rights in life. |
| 1916 (May) | To the Rescue | Criticizes U.S. policy as Black troops fight to defend white liberties abroad, urging race-based self-defense and rights. |
| 1916 (May) | Mr. Hughes | Warns Republican promises won’t buy Black votes; demands specific racial and democratic commitments from Hughes. |
| 1916 (May) | Presidential Candidates | NAACP in The Crisis (1916) argues candidates must state positions on lynching, disfranchisement and segregation to guide Black voters. |
| 1917 (Jan) | Justice | Condemns the Justice Department’s racial hypocrisy, ignoring lynching and disfranchisement while policing alleged German plots. |
| 1917 (Feb) | Roosevelt | Praises Theodore Roosevelt’s stand against East St. Louis violence and condemns national hypocrisy on lynching and democracy. |
| 1917 (Jun) | Baker | Praises Secretary Baker’s fair treatment of Black troops and demands a second officers’ training camp to expand Negro officers |
| 1918 (Jan) | Thirteen | Condemns racial injustice: thirteen Black soldiers executed while white perpetrators go free, attacking American justice. |
| 1918 (Mar) | The Reward | Argues Black wartime loyalty has won citizenship, labor gains, and steps against segregation and lynching. |
| 1918 (Mar) | The Work of a Mob | White, Walter F. in The Crisis (1918) examines lynchings in Brooks and Lowndes, GA, exposing vigilante murders and racial injustice. |
| 1918 (Apr) | Houston | Condemns racial injustice in the Houston military trials, demands officers’ court-martials, civilian punishment, and pardons |
| 1919 (Mar) | The American Legion | Condemns the American Legion’s racial exclusion of Black veterans and urges organized resistance to defend democracy. |
| 1919 (May) | Flaming Arrows | Argues Wilson’s rhetoric of democracy and justice exposes U.S. racial hypocrisy toward Black and colonized peoples. |
| 1919 (May) | Letters | Urges southern white women to challenge disfranchisement, Jim Crow, lynching, and racial inequality in education and labor. |
| 1919 (May) | The League of Nations | Urges pragmatic support for the League of Nations to secure peace and advance racial democracy against imperialism. |
| 1919 (Jun) | The Ballot | Demands the ballot for Black WWI veterans, arguing democracy and education must end race-based disenfranchisement. |
| 1920 (Feb) | Leadership | Condemns imperialist leadership - England and Wilson - for betraying democracy, racial justice, and labor in the League. |
| 1920 (Mar) | How Shall We Vote | Warns GOP and Democrats uphold Jim Crow; urges Black voters to elect congressional allies to defend race and democracy. |
| 1920 (Dec) | And Now Liberia | Denounces Wilson Plan as financial imperialism, rigid US terms and white control threaten Liberian sovereignty and democracy. |
| 1928 (Dec) | Segregation | Chronicles federal workplace segregation’s rollback in Washington and calls for legal fights against racial discrimination. |
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