Journal of the Senate Petitions for Investigation Into Recent Race Riots.
Title
Journal of the Senate Petitions for Investigation Into Recent Race Riots.
Creator
Journal of the Senate.
Identifier
R100719
Date
1919 October 7
Description
Journal of the Senate listing petitions asking for an investigation into the recent race riots in the U.S.
Source
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America 66th Congress, 1st Session: 1919 p. 232; DC Location, rm. 203
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE.
PETITIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
... Petitions praying an investigation into the recent race riots in the United States were presented as follows:
By Mr. Newberry: A petition of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, of Lansing, Mich.
My Mr. Townsend: A similar petition.
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
PETITIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
... Petitions praying an investigation into the recent race riots in the United States were presented as follows:
By Mr. Newberry: A petition of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, of Lansing, Mich.
My Mr. Townsend: A similar petition.
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Files
Collection
Citation
Journal of the Senate., “Journal of the Senate Petitions for Investigation Into Recent Race Riots.,” 1919 October 7, R100719, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.