The Colored National Emigration Association
February 15, 1902
Summary
The Colored National Emigration Association holds a conference for any black man seeking to leave the US to move abroad to experience civil and political rights and “manhood”.
Transcription
The Colored National Emigration Association with those who are in favor of leaving the United States for Africa, Cuba, Hawaii or any other part of the world, where the Negro can have manhood, civil and political rights, regardless of color will hold a convention at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 28th, 1902, for the purpose of devising some scheme to this end upon which all can unite.
The call is signed by the Rev. W. H. Heard, President. Bishop H.M. Turner is the leading spirit in the movement.
The call is signed by the Rev. W. H. Heard, President. Bishop H.M. Turner is the leading spirit in the movement.
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Lower Left Quadrant
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Brooke Royer
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“The Colored National Emigration Association,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/41.