We are here as full-fledged American citizens.” With those words, William Monroe Trotter scolded President Woodrow Wilson, face to face, in the White House. It was November 1914, and a ...

Historian Kerri Greenidge tells the story of William Monroe Trotter, a Black newspaper editor who was a forceful crusader for civil rights in the early 20th century.

"We didn't come to be included. We came to integrate what we've already built," Marilyn Hemingway, President of the Gullah ...

William Monroe Trotter was the co-founder and editor of the Boston-based black weekly newspaper "The Guardian," a powerful force in black journalism in the first half of the 20th century.

The mustache had to go. A classic nineteenth-century handlebar, it was far too recognizable, so William Monroe Trotter shaved it off. In addition to the disguise, he arranged to take a cooking ...

During its release, a largely overlooked battle was being waged right in Boston by a man named William Monroe Trotter. His fight is being chronicled in the documentary ‘Birth of a Movement ...

It examines the heated debate and conflict between W.E.B DuBois and William Monroe Trotter with Booker T. Washington on how to best uplift the race and secure equality for their community.

It’s a shameful side to his legacy that came to a head one fall afternoon in 1914 when he threw the civil-rights leader William Monroe Trotter out of the Oval Office. Trotter led a delegation of ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers ...

Since its founding in early 1970s, the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center on Washtenaw Avenue has expanded to provide resources and support for numerous student groups. But when the center ...