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lands approved for Montana were under the university grant.The colored leaders, who are in Washington from the South, are discussing the national convention of colored men, which it has been decided to hold in Washington city in October, for the purpose of considering the condition of the colored people of the South, present their grievances to President Harrison and Congress and urge the passage of Senator Sherman’s national election bill. Ex-Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, and Prof. Langston, of Virginia, are among the leaders in the movement. Many leading colored men are opposed to the proposed conference, on the ground that it can accomplish no good, but those who are determined to present their grievance against the administration were in the majority and so the conference, which is not likely to be a harmonious one, will beheld.
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Lake Charles American
Lake Charles, Louisiana, US
Wed, Aug 21, 1889
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