nov 12, 1914 - Receives a delegation of Afro-Americans who challenge him to take action to desegregate the Federal bureaucracy. The New York Times wrote that the President stated that “never since he had been in office had he been addressed in such an insulting fashion.” He said the policy of segregation had been enforced for the comfort and the best interests of both races
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nov 12, 1914
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~ 111 years ago