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THE WHITE HOUSE
SEP 1 1913
RECEIVED

Memphis Tenn.,
Aug 29-1913

To His Majesty
Hon. President Wilson
Executive of these
United States of America,

Kind Sir:-

Obeying
a profound impulse which
I feel it my duty to shape
into words, I am writing
you. I hardly know how
or where to begin, but
knowing you are already so well
acquainted with the subject
of the 'American Negro' I deem
it necessary to enter into
a line of conditions which have

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