J. Milton Waldron
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John Milton Waldron (May 19, 1863-November 20, 1931) was a clergyman and civil rights leader in the United States.[1] He led the NAACP's Washington D.C. branch.[citation needed]
He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He studied at Richmond Institute (now Virginia Union University) and then Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1886.
He led a church in Jacksonville, Florida.[2] He was also pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington D.C.[3]
He married Martha Matthews in 1890 and they had five children together: George, Florence, James, Ella, and Blanch.[4]
He and J D Harkless wrote about the political situation in 1912.[5]
In 1910 he joined other ministers in a letter to U.S. president William Taft calling for action after the Slocum massacre.[6] Eugene V. Debs wrote a public to him about the 1912 presidential election.[7]
References
- ^ https://oxfordaasc.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-35979
- ^ https://nfew.claytonmccarl.domains.unf.edu/files/original/a33dc4629805083cdc5c130cdcca87af.jpg
- ^ "Obituary of Reverend J. Milton Waldron. Nov. 20, 1931 · Editing the Eartha M. M. White Collection". unfdhi.org.
- ^ "Waldron, John Milton (1863-1931) · Jane Addams Digital Edition". digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu.
- ^ Waldron, J. Milton; Harkless, J. D; National Independent Political League, Washington, D.C (September 11, 1912). "The political situation in a nut-shell: some un-colored truths for colored voters". National Independent Political League – via Open WorldCat.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ministers-taft-slocum-massacre/
- ^ https://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1908/080627-debs-towaldron.pdf
