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November 10, 1906

It is thought that the reason for poverty in New York is the great spending on liquor, which is “more than the entire amount received for tariff.”

September 8, 1906

As an experiment, a hotel in North Carolina replaces all of its black workers with white females. The white women could not do the work, and the hotel is switching back, but the “whole race has suffered as a consequence” to this prejudice action.

May 14, 1904

After a streetcar crashes into a train, the “wisdom of the colored people” is demonstrated by only white fatality in the accident.

September 1, 1906

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Mr. Leif Jones, M.P. claims that drinking alcohol is a cause of depression and suffering.

January 31, 1903

This book, by Prof. S. W. Patterson, answers historic questions about where African Americans “came from.”

March 24, 1900

The Planet gives a summary of black advancement to demonstrate black people’s “fitness for civilization.”

August 25, 1894

The Planet urges its reader to use their money, and to prioritize family and education in their spending.

September 4, 1897

The Southwestern Christian Advocate speaks about the various white newspapers and the language they use to describe black people.

July 7, 1900

A black man rides in his own coach after “refusing” to ride in a coach full of white emigrants and takes “evident relish” in the rebellion.

December 16, 1905

A man searches for two uncles that were sold into Richmond during slavery.
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