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Petition subject: Racial discrimination

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763621

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Boston

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles F. Rowley, Brookline; joint committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. James G. Wolff

Actions taken on dates: 1916-01-07,1916-01-11

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 7, 1916 and referred to the joint committee on the judiciary and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 11, 1916 and concurred

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred

Males of color signatures: 1

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizen, [males of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Additional archivist notes: that amusements and games which compromise personal dignity or reflect upon racial distinctions and religious beliefs be prohibited, includes address

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1916, H 129 joint committee on the judiciary - leave to withdraw

Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.