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Addams is one of a number of people who sign a call for a conference to examine the situation of African-Americans since emancipation. Various versions of the call appeared in newspapers across the country.

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Also known as Lynched Two in Ten Days, May 22, 1911

Newspaper report of the lynching of six black men in Lake City, Florida, accused of murdering Robert B. Smith, a prominent white man.

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Flexner sends Addams his letter to Lillian Wald about the lynching in Livermore, Kentucky.

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Flexner describes a lynching in Livermore, Kentucky and the reaction of the town and arrest of the participants.

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Villard asks Addams to protest the lynchings of six black men in Florida.

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Addams sends Breckinridge three letters about lynchings, including one from Oswald Garrison Villard that encloses a newspaper clipping about a brutal lynching in Florida.

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The article offers a sharp critique of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party for failing to endorse rights for African Americans.

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Addams reports on the Progressive Party Convention, discussing how items were added to its platform, particularly labor and military planks, and her dismay about the conventions unjust treatment of African-Americans. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

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Woolley thanks Addams for sending an article and discusses her views on Theodore Roosevelt.

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Partial galley proof of Addams's article about her experiences at the Progressive Party Convention, discussing how items were added to its platform, particularly labor and military planks, and her dismay about the conventions unjust treatment of African-Americans.

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Addams explains her support of African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This article, which appeared in The Crisis, was one of a series of articles she prepared for the election of 1912.

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Addams explains her support for African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

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Addams provides an argument against literacy tests for immigrants, proposed by the Burnett Bill recently pased by the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Addams offers a counter narrative to the idea that the U.S. government should limit immigration, arguing that immigrants provide benefits to society and are deserving of protections under the law.

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Addams chastises American society for failing to live up to the ideals of the Emancipation Proclamation and demands political equality for black Americans.

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Addams chastises American society for failing to live up to the ideals of the Emancipation Proclamation and demands political equality for black Americans.

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Lee thanks Addams for her statement in the article Has "Has Emancipation Been Nullified," and praises Abraham Lincoln, and discusses slavery and the virtues of liberty.

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Addams tells Breckinridge that she has doubts that discrimination against African-Americans in the federal government is increasing.

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The Chicago branch of the NAACP protests the Wilson administration's apparent racial discrimination in the federal civil service.

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Addams criticizes the film Birth of a Nation as unjust and untrue and designed to foster race prejudice.

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The Crisis includes Addams' comments alongside others on the "The Clansman," a play which depicts African Americans negatively.

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Cumberson updates Addams on the work of the California branch of the Woman's Peace Party.

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Addams sends Martin a telegram denying Mildred Rutherford's claims about her; the telegram is published in the Atlanta Journal.

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Morel claims that France is stationing black soldiers in Germany to rape and terrorize German women.

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Gund asks Addams to have the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom protest France's stationing of black soldiers in the Rhine due to reports of cruelty.

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The author asks Addams for help getting American women to protest atrocities in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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Willett demands that Colby investigate alleged atrocities committed by black French troops in Germany.

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Shaw tells Willett that the stories of Black French troops in Germany have been greatly exaggerated.

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Mathes asks Addams to investigate the State Department's dismissal of the stories of French Black troop atrocities in Germany.

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Shaw asks Addams and Villard to investigate Black lynchings once their inquiry on Ireland is completed.

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Berg and colleagues ask Carlson to sway public opinion against Black French Colonial soldiers in Germany.

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Brown testifies on behalf of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section for a dramatic reduction in American military spending and and for universal disarmament.

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Boos-Jegher asks Addams to help remove French African troops from occupied Germany.

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Von Mach invites Addams to speak at a meeting opposing the French colonial troops in the German Rhine.

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Addams and Kittredge formally request the United States to pressure France to remove black troops for occupied Germany.

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Balch sends Ovington word of efforts of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom regarding issues surrounding Black troops from colonized countries.

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Addams agrees with Terrell's objection to calling for the removal of black French troops in Germany and invites her to attend the local meeting where the issue is on the agenda.

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Addams tells a reporter that India is failing to deal with its racial and religious problems.

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Gulick discusses Japanese-American foreign relations and how they have been impacted by the Great Kanto Earthquake and the anti-Japanese immigration laws passed in the United States.

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White asks Belden not to create a segregated library school at Hampton Institute because African-Americans have been able to enroll in existing schools without trouble.

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White seeks Addams's support in opposition to the American Library Association opposing the creation of a segregated school at Hampton Institute.

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Gregg tells Addams why he believes that the Hampton University Library School will not set back the cause of desegregation in the library profession.

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Widegren outlines a course about how to work with minorities on peace for the Summer School.

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Addams asks Hoover whether the government plans to employ African-American social workers to ally rumors of race discrimination.

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Addams examines Mayor William Hale Thompson's motives when he censors British books and influences.

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Kitchell asks Addams her thoughts on his call for an anthem for peace.

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Ickes tells Addams that he disagrees with her views on Herbert Hoover.

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Rice tells Addams that she missed seeing her, and reflects on her time at Hull-House.

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Addams discusses the progress of women and their importance to society in the western world and in Asia at a regional meeting of the Young Woman's Christian Association.

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