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Untitled Cartoon, Raleigh News and Observer, July 8, 1900
This is the situation that we would have if the incendiary advice that Knight of Wake, Gill of Vance, McNeill of Wilkes, and other Fusion leaders are giving, should be followed by the Negroes.
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
The House Joint Resolution proposing the 15th amendment to the Constitution, December 7, 1868
Fortieth Congress of the United States of America;
At the third Session, Begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
A Resolution Proposing an amendment to the…
Testimony of Edwin A. Hull, June 26, 1871.
EDWIN A. HULL—sworn and examined by the CHAIRMAN: Question: Are you the foreman employed by Mr. Howle, on the railroad in North Carolina, in April last? Answer: Yes, sir. Question: State what knowledge you have of a visit by men in disguise;…
Norman Ethre Jennett, 1877-1970
Norman Jennett (1877-1970) was a political cartoonist who worked for the Raleigh News and Observer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His cartoons reflected and supported the white supremacist agenda of the Democratic Party,…
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
Marion Butler, 1863-1938
Marion Butler (1863-1938) served as the Chairman of the Populist Party in North Carolina during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as a United States Senator from 1895-1901. He helped to negotiate an alliance between the…
Josephus Daniels, 1862-1948
Josephus Daniels (1862-1848) was the influential editor of the Raleigh News and Observer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He used his newspaper, which he purchased in 1894, to promote the political agenda of the Democratic…
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
George H. White, 1852-1918
George H. White (1852-1918) was a Republican Congressman from the Second District of North Carolina and the only African-American Representative in Congress between 1898 and 1901. Before assuming this national office, White served as a State…
The Proposed Suffrage Amendment: The Platform and Resolutions of the People's Party, April 18, 1900
© This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. THE PROPOSED…
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
"Why the Radicals are Mad," Raleigh News and Observer, June 24, 1900
WHY THE RADICALS ARE MAD
Dead Negro
Eighteen Years Old
Imported
Convict
The Members of Their Party That Will Not Be Able to Vote Under the New Election Law.
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
"Whale Them With Sticks," Raleigh News and Observer, June 27, 1900
"Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad." From the incendiary utterance of Butler before the Populist State committee and the threat of assassination voiced by Blackburn at Newton, down to the attempt by Lt. Gov. Reynolds, to scare…
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
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Josephus Daniels, 1862-1948
Josephus Daniels (1862-1848) was the influential editor of the Raleigh News and Observer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He…