This article reports that African Americans in Pensacola, Florida, are boycotting street railroads to protest a proposed segregation ordinance. The article argues that while this response is common in cities with similar laws, the boycotts are...
Leaflet addressed to Democrats in Dallas County, Alabama, urging them to vote for the "good and true men" of the party, who will not resort to illegal methods to gain political power: "They will tell you, that when bad men are elected to office,...
In the letter Terrell expresses his strong negative feelings about the Mexican War: "Is this right--will it end well. Sir the Mexicans have rights well as America....The line between Teaxas [sic] and Mexico should by honest nigotiation [sic] be...
2009-06-25
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