J. Douglas Wetmore
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Judson Douglas Wetmore (died 1930) was a lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida. He and Isaac Lawrence Perry challenged state law requiring segregated streetcars (Avery Law).[1][2]
A nasty comic of him relating to a city council election was published.[3]
He corresponded with E. B. DuBois.[4] He was a childhood friend and business partner of James Weldon Johnson.[1] He wrote to Booker T. Washington.[5]
He moved to New York City with his family. He criticized discrimination at the federal level. Booker T. Washington was critical of him.[6]
James Weldon Johnson fictionalized him as an ex-colored man.[7]
He advertised his office at 5 Beekman Street in New York City.[8]
He had two brothers.[9] In 1930 his health was failing and he committed suicide.[10] He married twice and had three children.[10]
References
- ^ a b "4 racial protests and riots from Jacksonville's past | Modern Cities". www.moderncities.com.
- ^ "Lawyer Wetmore Wins the Case! · Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909". blackvirginia.richmond.edu.
- ^ https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/154105
- ^ "Letter from J. Douglas Wetmore to W. E. B. Du Bois, October 20, 1903". credo.library.umass.edu.
- ^ Washington, Booker T.; Harlan, Louis R.; McTigue, Geraldine R.; Harlan, Louis R. (May 30, 1981). "Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 11: 1911-12. Assistant Editor, Geraldine McTigue". University of Illinois Press – via Google Books.
- ^ https://michiganjournalhistory.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/levine_shira_to_maintain_our_self-respect.pdf
- ^ "lection: passing strange". tmorris.utasites.cloud.
- ^ Inc, The Crisis Publishing Company (May 30, 1912). "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Johnson, James Weldon (April 4, 2016). "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)". W. W. Norton & Company – via Google Books.
- ^ a b https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74611250/obituary-for-judson-douglas-wetmore/