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John Mitchell, Jr., gives a powerful speech drawing on his intense experiences of oppression growing up, gaining support and respect on behalf of the black community.

Florida tries to pass a bill abolishing the Fifteenth Amendment. Black people will no longer be allowed to vote if the bill passes.

The Richmond Dispatch continues to support “Jim Crow Car” bill, but urges the presence of “colored women.”

In preparation for the Republican convention, members of the Lamb political faction meet.

In a landslide Republican election, William H. Taft is elected President and James. S. Sherman Vice President; The Planet reports the voting results for each state.

The Chicago Times-Herald recounts the story of a messenger for the Confederacy that fails in his mission.

The Richmond City Council passes an ordinance to expand the city limits.

Congress hosts a banquet at Manhattan Casino in honor of Charles W. Anderson, one of the first black political leaders.

Arthur Pue Gorman, one of the most inveterate and dangerous enemies of the black community, dies, and The Planet says that his suffering helped him “atone to some extent at least for the great injury he did to us.”

The Planet argues against The Richmond Daily Dispatch on “Separate Cars”, pointing out that black people are "humiliated."