A call has been issued for a delegate convention of the colored men of Kansas at Emporia
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A call has been issued for a delegate convention of the colored men of Kansas at Emporia
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From Gale. 19th Century U.S. Newspapers. ©2008 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, Inc. Reproduced by permission. www.cengage.com/permissions
Publisher
Atchison Daily Champion
Date
1888-04-17
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A call has been issued for a delegate convention of the colored men of Kansas at Emporia, April 18, to consider matters as follows: First--The The educational interests of the colored people of the State. Second--The industrial interests of the colored people of the State. Third--The political interests and status of the colored people of the State. Fought--The matters of the organization of the colored soldiers and sailors of the State, to the end that proper steps may be taken for the erection of a national monument to the colored soldiers and sailors of the country. Fifth--The relation of the colored people of the State to the annual strikes, which appear to strike at the interests of the people of the whole country, rich as well as poor, black as well as white. Each county in Kansas will be entitled to send one delegate and one alternate for each one hundred voters in said county.
A call has been issued for a delegate convention of the colored men of Kansas at Emporia, April 18, to consider matters as follows: First--The The educational interests of the colored people of the State. Second--The industrial interests of the colored people of the State. Third--The political interests and status of the colored people of the State. Fought--The matters of the organization of the colored soldiers and sailors of the State, to the end that proper steps may be taken for the erection of a national monument to the colored soldiers and sailors of the country. Fifth--The relation of the colored people of the State to the annual strikes, which appear to strike at the interests of the people of the whole country, rich as well as poor, black as well as white. Each county in Kansas will be entitled to send one delegate and one alternate for each one hundred voters in said county.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
Convention Type
State Convention
City
Emporia
State
KS
Country
USA
Start Date
1888-04-18
End Date
1888-04-18
Provenance
Wisconsin Historical Society
Event ID
1888.KS-04.18.EMPO
Citation
“A call has been issued for a delegate convention of the colored men of Kansas at Emporia,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/2312.