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Negroes Demand Equal Rights at National Conference
The National Negro Conference adopted a platform demanding full constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment, equal educational opportunities, and equal ballot access. Speakers denounced President Taft and accused Southern leaders of disenfranchisement and bondage, urging organized action and a permanent body to advocate black rights.
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New York
Taft
William Monroe Trotter
Boston
Philanthrops
Georgia
Committee On Permanent Organization
Alexander Walker
M. E
Albert E. Pillsbury
Massachusetts
Counee
Oswald Garrison Villard
William English Walling
Villard
Walling
Joseph C. Manning
Alexander City
Alabama
South
William I. St. Clair
Frederick Douglas Hospital
Philadelphia