He inspired African Americans to support his economic enterprises with their hard-earned money, established the Black Star Line shipping company, and founded the Negro Factories Corporation, which developed grocery stores, a restaurant, a laundry, a moving van fleet and a publishing house.As president, Wilson confronted a new generation of African American leaders, men like William Monroe Trotter, W.E.B. A rampage by black troops near Houston over the arrest of one of their members coming to the aid of a black woman left seventeen whites dead. Verify and try again.Also an additional volunteer within fifty miles.If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the mapThanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photosOops, we were unable to send the email.Thank you! Nineteen of the soldiers were convicted and executed without any chance to appeal.When Wilson allowed his cabinet members to segregate government offices, Trotter led the delegation from the National Independent Political League to meet with the president and protest this discriminatory policy. Yet Garvey's legacy extended directly to later civil rights activists, like Malcolm X, whose parents had been Garveyites.
His new Postmaster General also ordered that his Washington offices be segregated, with the Treasury and Navy soon doing the same. His Universal Negro Improvement Association promoted ambitious goals - racial unity, economic independence, educational achievement, and moral reform. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Theodore Rosevelt “Teddy” Wilson (10 Dec 1943–21 Jul 1991), Find a Grave Memorial no. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, dies at Sagamore Hill, his estate overlooking New York’s Long Island Sound. Only when he ventured into the world as a teenager and a student at Fisk University in Tennessee did he fully encounter what he called "the whole gorgeous gamut of the American Negro." In addition to "Life Stinks," his film credits include "That's My Life," "A Fine Mess," "The River Niger," "Carny" and "The Hunter."He was a member of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York City.His sister-in-law, Naomi Pringle, said he had suffered a stroke.Theodore Wilson, a television and movie actor who appears in the new Mel Brooks film "Life Stinks," died on Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center here.