Washington. Our General Dispatches.

Washington. Our General Dispatches.

A newspaper article about the 1873 National Civil Rights Convention held in Washington DC published in North American and United States Gazette (Dec. 15, 1873)

Title "African Grievances." Description A newspaper article about the 1873 National Civil Rights Convention held in Washington DC published in Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Georgia Journal & Messenger (Dec. 16, 1873) Creator 19th Century U.S. Newspapers "Washington. Our General Dispatches." North American and United States Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), 15 December 1873, 19th Century U.S. Newspapers.

North American and United States Gazette

1873-12-15

Newspaper article

The RESULTS of the late National Civil Rights Convention, held in this city, are as follows: The adoption of an address to Con- Congress and the people in behalf of their cause, indorsing Senate bill No. 1, or some bill equivalent to it. The organization of a Na- National Council of Civil Rights, consisting of one member from each State and Territory, with an executive committee located in Washington. All existing organizations are to perform the functions conferred by this con- Convention. Indorsing Senator Sumner and all other friends of progress. Thanking President Grant for his courtesy in receiving the mem- members of the Convention, and his friendly utter- utterances to them. Organizing a Committee on Jubilee, to be prepared to celebrate the pas- passage of a civil rights bill. Appointing a Na- National Historical and Statistical Association, to report to the National Executive Committee of the Council subjects relating to the interests ests of the colored race. Resolutions in favor of the independence of Cuba, and endorsing the call for a convention to take measures for the erection in Washington of a monument to the colored sailors and soldiers who fell in the late civil war.

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