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Harry S. Cummings, of Baltimore seconds “the nomination of President Roosevelt in behalf of the Negroes of the country.”

Black men have yet to be confirmed into a position in the Democrat-controlled federal government.

The Virginia State Federation of Labor is questions giving a black person “a seat in the convention.”

President McKinley is expected to appoint multiple black men to positions of high office.

The Planet provides a brief description of the successes of the African American soldiers in Cuba.

Due to an “outbreak of trouble,” President Roosevelt withdrawals three companies of colored troops, leading to huge controversy within the station.

The United States Army shows prejudice against the African American soldiers enlisting, rejecting many for ridiculous reasons.

Colonel H. L. Scott, superintendent of the United States Military Academy, voices his support for the black soldiers that were discredited in the Brownsville Affair, and has only “words of praise and appreciation for the colored cavalry.”

The newly instated African American infantries call for more volunteers.

The governor of Virginia puts sixty-two Confederate flags returned by the secretary of war into the Confederate Museum in Richmond.