| Speaker or Author: | Green, Alfred M.. | | Newspaper: | Presscopy -- Foner and Walker, Eds. -- Proceedings of the Black State Conventions 1840-1865, (1979) Vol. 1, pp. 139-166 | | Title: | Proceedings of the State Equal Rights Convention of the Colored People of Pennsylvania | | Date Published: | 1865 | | Notes: | Eloquent, rational, and meaningful speech delivered before the Convention of the Colored People of Pennsylvania expressing a legal argument for civil rights. The speaker asked that African Americans be given their civil rights, be allowed to vote, hold jobs equal to those of the white population, and be given the opportunity to prove themselves worthy citizens of the U.S. |
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