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Petition subject: Racial discrimination

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455210

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: 7th Suffolk

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Michael E. Haynes, Boston; committee on legal affairs

Selected signatures:

1. Michael E. Haynes

Actions taken on dates: 1967-01-04,1967-01-12

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 4, 1967 and referred to the committee on legal affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 12, 1967 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: citizens, [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: to eliminate the requirement of statements of color on certificates of births, marriages and deaths, [additional documents include seven petitions on vital records]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1967, c.14, passed April 18, 1967

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.