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DRAW COLOR LI IN PARISMajor Taylor Negro Bicycle Racer Cause of Dispute in French Hotel, Is Forced to Leave by Tourists,Bl/ Sei-ippt-iicHae Prtti.Paris, April 20.—The color litio was drawn by the American residents of Paris today with the result that a negro was forced to leave a hotel. This is ono of the few instances iu.tliis city where' a discrimination against the negro has been recorded.“-Major7*’ Taylor, the champion negro bicyclist of America, was forced to leave a hotel where he had registered to attend- a race at Buffalo park.A number of American tourists were stopping at the hotel. They wero at breakfast when in walked tho negro. He took a seal at one of the tables,Immediately every one ‘of the whit'; people rose from their tables and storm* ed the hotel offiee, demanding of lli» proprietor that Taylor be requested to leave: the hoLcl or they would go immediately. Tho Paris hold man wan greatly surprised, but the demand was so iusjsteut that ho requested Taylor to leave. The negro complied after sotns parleying,* -
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San Antonio Gazette
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sat, Apr 20, 1907
Page 11
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