Washington County MD Archives News.....CIVIL RIGHTS. July 5, 1866 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 December 1, 2023, 12:40 pm Maryland Free Press. (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??: July 05, 1866 July 5, 1866 CIVIL RIGHTS. A number of negroes in Philadelphia held a meeting on Thursday night, in reference to their exclusion from the privilege of riding in the street-cars. Resolutions were adopted censuring the community for allowing this distinction, and pledging themselves to use all means in their power to aid in any suit brought "against the perpetrators of outrages such as those the occurrence of which has convened this meeting." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/washington/newspapers/civilrig212gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mdfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb