Petition Against Separate Railway Car Bill at George R. Smith College
Teachers and students from George R. Smith College petition legislator E. E. Johnston of Pettis County urging rejection of a bill to require separate railway and street car accommodations for white and colored races. They argue discrim ination harms self respect and violates the golden rule, noting small Negro population and potential unequal treatment. They ask Johnston and others to vote against the measure and influence others accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One of Representatives
Pt Yo
House of Representatives
Paspa Dill
Anclor
Geo. R. Smith College
Beaf
Eid
Rennson
Ati
B. Johnston
The
Mis
Niagara Movement fights Virginia Jim Crow train case
Miss Barbara Pope of Washington DC challenged a Virginia Jim Crow railway fine after being compelled off a Southern train. The case moved from Fairfax County to Virginia Circuit Court and then to the state Supreme Court where the Attorney General confessed error. Niagara Movement funds urged for continuing legal costs as the case tests interstate passenger rights under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Movement
Supreme Court OF State
Miss Pope
Barbara Pope
Washington, D. C
Falls Church
Virginia
Fall Church
Coansel
Circuit Court
Fairfax County
Supreme Court of
The
Harper's Ferry
C. G. Morgan
Boston
Rom
Mrs Terrell to Visit Sedalia on the 21st
Mrs Mary Church Terrell, famed lecturer and one of the speakers at the International Congress of Women in Berlin in June 1904, will visit Sedalia on the 21st. Her Berlin address drew wide comment as she spoke in German, praised as the best appearance among American delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Terrell
Ida Musted Harper
Mia
Tearell
George R. Smith College
Sedalia
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Wibe
George, R. Smith
E. E. Johnston
Pettis County
Race Enterprises
Enterprise Grocery Co
North Lamine Street
Nace Enterprises
Roy
Rds
F. L. McGlee
St. Paul
Minnesota
Missouri
Missionary Baptist Church
Baptist Church
R. Davis
Wm. Alexan
Raf
C. Hubbard
Myri
Prhy
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell
Ted Acorn
E. Ralph Blair
South Osage ST
Bathsia
AL G Wheeler
Prop
North Lamine ST
Clothier
South Ohio Street
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