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The Harpers Ferry Conference of the Niagara Movement has taken charge of the prosecution of the appeal in the case of the Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Barbara E. Pope. The facts are as follows:Miss Pope purchased a flrst-class passenger ticket over the S. Railway from Washington to Pannoian Springs, Va., and when the train passed from the District of Columbia into Virginia, the conductor came to Miss Jope and before taking her ticket asked her if she was a member of the colored race. She offered him her ticket, refusing to answer hisquestion. He then told her that she would have to vacate her seat and go forward into a separate car set apart by the laws of the state of Virginia for colored people. This Miss Pope refused to do. The conductor stopped his train at Falls Church, summoned a marshall, had Miss Popearrested and removed from the train, where the case was heard and Miss Pope was fined ten dollars and costs. On August 17 Miss Pope appeared with counsel at the request of the Niagara Movement Conference, then in Harpers Ferry, and offered Capt. Isaac F. Norman of Falls Church. Va., as bondsman.cause. All persons who feel that we should do SOMETHING and not merely complain, rally to this onslaught on the iniquitous Virginia law. Do not delay. Only a few days more. Send all moneys directly to the Secretary of the Legal Department of the Niagara Movement, F. L. McGhee, Union Block, St. Paul, Minn.
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Denver Statesman
Denver, Colorado, US
Fri, Dec 14, 1906
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