As the Lincoln Memorial turns 100, a group of Lincoln fans hopes to right a century-old wrong
. Moton was the only African American speaker invited to address the crowd at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.For an event supposedly celebrating the man who freed enslaved people — Moton was himself the son of a man born into slavery — Black people were treated abysmally at the ceremony. The seating was segregated, with Black attendees forced to sit separately from White ones. And Moton was told by the event’s White organizers that the first draft of his speech was too confrontational.
Epstein said the Lincoln Group would like to invite Moton’s descendants to the centennial, to be held on the steps of the memorial on May 22.“We would like them to know that we're honoring him, that he’s going to be a big part of the program,” said Epstein, 69. “We can't pay for them to come from around the country, but we would love to honor them.”
Moton was seen as a safe choice by the White organizers of the dedication, which included former president and then chief justiceMoton “was a disciple of Booker T. Washington at the Tuskegee Institute,” said Epstein. “He was known as an accommodationist, not as a civil rights rabble-rouser.”In a telegram to Moton, Taft wrote: “Shall have to ask you to cut five hundred words, and suggest that in making the cut you give more unity and symmetry by emphasizing tribute and lessening appeal.
The events of 1922 can seem like ancient history, those of 1865 even more so. But Epstein said that among the members of the Lincoln Group is a man named
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