Colored State Convention.

Colored State Convention.

An article about the 1873 Illinois State Convention of the Colored Citizens of Illinois held in Springfield (Little Rock Daily Republican, December 5, 1873)

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Little Rock Daily Republican

1873-12-05

Newspaper article

Colored State Convention. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., December 4. - The colored citizens of the state held a state convention here yesterday to appoint delegates to attend a national convention of colored people to be held at Washington city on the 9th of December. The national convention is called for the purpose of petitioning congress to pass such laws as may be necessary to secure to the colored people of the country all the rights guarantied to them by the fourteenth a amendment to the constitution of the United States. The convention adopted appropriate resolutions, and appointed five delegates to the national convention. The following are the delegates: : L. Allen, M.A. A. Williams, J.J. J. Bird, J.G. G. Jones and B. F. Rodgers.

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