Both men were nationalist leaders who supported Pan-Africanism.
On this day in 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain “impartial in thought as well as in action.” ... In February 1915, Germany declared unrestricted warfare against all ships, neutral or not, that entered the war zone around Britain.
Raised morale among colonists
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On this day in 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1812.