William Monroe Trotter

Born: 1872 in Ohio

Died: 1934

Attended Harvard and became the first African American to be a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor fraternity.

Advocate for African American rights but opposed Booker T’s philosophies of blacks pursuing vocational education and agricultural work.

Co-founded Boston Literary & Historical Assoc., co-founded Guardian newspaper & co-established National Negro Suffrage League.

Refused to be a part of the NAACP because of their all-black ideas, instead developing the National Equal Rights League.

Stowed away to attend Paris Peace Conference 1919 after President Wilson refused to send a black delegate.