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Petition subject: Racial discrimination

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500519

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James Sidney Allen, Brockton

Selected signatures:

1. James E. Brummell
2. Edward F. Louis
3. Irving Prince
4. Willie L. Cary
5. Theodore Brummell
6. John A. Young
7. Henry McDonald
8. William H. Rayster
9. Alfred Hilliard
10. Joseph Carter
11. Albert Bryant
12. Henry H. Hamilton
13. John J. Rawlins

Actions taken on dates: 1906-04-10

Legislative action: Received in the House on April 10, 1906 and placed on file

Total signatures: 28

Legislative action summary: Received, placed on file

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 28

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, Virginia, towns next to names including Brockton

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1906, c.65, passed May 7, 1906

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.