A state convention of the colored citizens of Iowa…

A state convention of the colored citizens of Iowa…

Report on the 1876 Iowa State Colored Convention held in Oskaloosa published in the Toledo Chronicle (January 13, 1876)

Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

The Toledo Chronicle

1876-01-13

Newspaper article

A STATE CONVENTION of colored citizens of Iowa was held at Oskaloosa on the 4th. Hon. A. Clark, of Muscatine, was called to the chair, John L. Wister, of Cedar Rapids, was made Secretary, and J. D. Bush, of Oskaloosa, Assistant Secretary. J. L. Johnson, of Marshalltown, and Stephen Coe, of Washington, were made Vice-Presidents. Hon. A. Clark was chosen as the delegate to attend the Centennial, and an auxiliary committee composed of members from the Congressional districts was selected to assist him in compiling statistics. Resolutions complimentary to President Grant and lamenting the decease of Sumner, Gerritt Smith and Henry Wilson were unanimously adopted.

Oskaloosa

IA

USA

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