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Title: Elevator - April 7, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer gives a review of six local newspapers.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Elevator - August 25, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer gives a brief review of a recent meeting held to raise funds for newly freed slaves and other needy families.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer shares with his readers a clip from a prejudicial newspaper indicating that there were many people opposed to allowing African Americans to join public celebrations of the Fourth of July.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper page
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer responds to an idea expressed in the Morning Call newspaper that civil wars are based on racial issues, and that problems arise within a society that mixes races.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Elevator - May 5, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer responds to an article published in another newspaper discussing African American voting rights.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Pacific Appeal - April 5, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer comments on various newspapers who help sign a petition for African Americans to enjoy "the right of oath" or the right to give testimony. He emphasizes one newspaper in particular that is against this idea.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Pacific Appeal - June 13, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1863 - 188?)
The writer comments on the exchange talking place in California newspapers regarding the question of whether African Americans should be allowed to celebrate the Fourth of July. He includes a list of suggested activities to commemorate the day.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer lets his readers know that the Negro Testimony Bill (resulting from petitions they had gathered) did not pass the state Senate. He urges them not to give up hope, and assures them the fight for this right will continue.
Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)
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Title: Pacific Appeal - November 15, 1862
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer offers an article published in another newspaper as an example of the way fear, hatred and prejudice are spreading through New York as the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation draws near. The article relates stories of lustful crimes and violence already taking place that the city expects will increase with the official end of slavery.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Pacific Appeal - November 21, 1863
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
The writer provides commentary on a legal suit brought against the Omnibus Railroad Company by an African American woman who was refused to a seat because of her race. She won the case; and the writer encourages others to take this type of action in similar situations.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper column