apr 11, 1913 - Cabinet meeting discusses segregation by race in the Federal bureaucracy. Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels recorded in his diary “The President said he made no promises in particular to Negroes, except to do them justice, and he did not wish to see them have less positions than they now have; but he wished the matter adjusted in a way to make the least friction.” This is widely interpreted as an indication that Wilson would not oppose segregation
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