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Republican mass meeting

Republican mass meeting

pursuant to call, the colored Republicans of the various wards of the city of Charlotte met at Zion school house, September 4th, 1884 ...

By University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

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Publish Date

2002

Publisher

Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language

eng

Pages

-

Description:

Report of a meeting of African American Republicans of Mecklenburg County, N.C., to object to their lack of representation on the party's county ticket. Out of a county of 3000 African American Republican voters and 250 whites only 3 out of 38 Federal appointments were held by blacks. This was a call to the citizens for a demand for better representation.