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Jockry 8immi to •foin ‘Th« Cw»lef,nWillie Simms, wbo is going over to rldo for the Croker-Dwyer combi nation in Eng land and who will soon join ' The Harlem Coffee Cooler*’ in London, will not expe rlence the antagonism be looks for, l»e cause he will bo tho lirst colored boy who has ever ridden in Great Britain There is not the slightest prejudice Against per sons of color in Great Britain, and tt U a common sight to see full blooded negroes In restaurants or other public places, accompanied by white women, or vice versa. Both in London and Paris colored people find an entire absence of the raoe prejudice so prevalent in the United States. Simms is much more likely to be a hero than anything else, for his riding } will unquestionably command the admi ! radon of shrewd English turfmen.j —
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 07, 1895
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