William Monroe Trotter House - View this location on map William Monroe Trotter, the first African American Phi Beta Kappa, a Harvard graduate and co-founder of the Guardian newspaper, lived in this house from 1899 to 1909. Trotter formed the Boston Suffrage League and actively spoke out against American racism in the early 1900s. Considered a radical, he opposed the accommodations racial policies of his time. 97 Sawyer Avenue, Boston, MA Historical

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