William Monroe Trotter meets with President Woodrow Wilson at the White House.

(Nov.) Trotter, accompanied by Ida Wells and other members of his National Independent Political League, present Wilson with a petition containing 20,000 signatures from 38 states protesting segregation in the federal workforce. Trotter tells the president, “We are not here as wards. We are not here as dependents.” Wilson tells the group, “If this organization wishes to approach me again, it must choose another spokesman.” Trotter immediately embarks on a speaking tour for the National Independent Political League. He meets with Wilson again in 1914.*