Legacy and Honors
- The William Monroe Trotter Elementary School, a K-5 school named for him, is in Dorchester, Massachusetts, not far from where Trotter lived during his adult life.
- The William Monroe Trotter Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston is named for him. The research institute focuses on the study of black history and black culture.
- The William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center (aka Trotter House) at the University of Michigan is named for him.
- In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed William Monroe Trotter on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.
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