Black Justice League: Remove Woodrow Wilson's name from Princeton

[Chitown Kev]

55. Wilson received 50% of the black (male) vote too.

Shocked the Republicans at that time.

I do think that your statement that "Wilson's first presidential campaign reached out to black America" is a little simplistic, though.

Yes, the Republicans were backing away and even though Teddy Roosevelt was also in the race (the best that a 3rd Party ever did in the Presidential race) and was considered by some to be an alternative to Taft, black (men) were still pissed at Roosevelt about the Brownsville incident and didn't see Roosevelt as being any friendlier than Taft.

Black leaders (including William Monroe Trotter and W.E.B. Dubois) approached Wilson and said they were considering endorsing him.
Wilson made black leaders no clear campaign promises that I am aware of that he would do anything and black leadership at that time decided to roll the dice a bit and quite a few endorsed Wilson.

So that was a failure of black leadership, as well...a black leadership that was gaining no traction and had no trust in any of the presidential candidates.