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Addams asks Hoover whether the government plans to employ African-American social workers to ally rumors of race discrimination.
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Shaw asks Addams and Villard to investigate Black lynchings once their inquiry on Ireland is completed.
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Addams sends Barnett the Irish Commission report and talks about Britain's role in Ireland, and Barnett's housing scheme.
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Balch sends Ovington word of efforts of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom regarding issues surrounding Black troops from colonized countries.
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Dodd offers Addams his ideas on the peace efforts, economic repression, race, and increasing the birth rate.
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Deknatel writes on Addams behalf, disputing an article which states that she is in favor of lynching African-Americans.
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Terrell tells Addams that she cannot sign a petition calling for the removal of African-American soldiers from Germany on accusations of abuse of women. Terrell believes that it is race prejudice.
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The Leitch sisters discuss slavery in the United States, colonization by Great Britain, and alcohol as great evils.
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The Crisis includes Addams' comments alongside others on the "The Clansman," a play which depicts African Americans negatively.
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Addams is one of a number of people who sign a call for a conference to examine the situation of African-Americans since emancipation. Various versions of the call appeared in newspapers across the country.
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Addams explains her support for African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.
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Addams explains her support of African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This article, which appeared in The Crisis, was one of a series of articles she prepared for the election of 1912.
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Addams reports on the Progressive Party Convention, discussing how items were added to its platform, particularly labor and military planks, and her dismay about the conventions unjust treatment of African-Americans. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.
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Addams writes about the strong racism asserting itself in America, blaming it on segregation and the lack of interaction between white and black people.
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Lee thanks Addams for her statement in the article Has "Has Emancipation Been Nullified," and praises Abraham Lincoln, and discusses slavery and the virtues of liberty.
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Jones reacts to an article that Addams sent him on the Progressive Party, focusing on her statements about African Americans and the peace movement.
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The article offers a sharp critique of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party for failing to endorse rights for African Americans.
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Walker writes Bill to resign from the 23rd Assembly District Progressive Club, citing Theodore Roosevelt's denial of full rights to African-Americans in the South as sinful and shameful.
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Woolley thanks Addams for sending an article and discusses her views on Theodore Roosevelt.
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Woods congratulates Addams on her role at the Progressive Party Convention and offers his opinion on the situation of African-Americans and why he feels Theodore Roosevelt has a good solution for their problems.
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The editorial slams Theodore Roosevelt for drawing a color line in the Progressive Party.
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Allen writes Addams about his disappointment with Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party for their views on African Americans.
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Pearl writes Addams for advice about starting a settlement house for African Americans.
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Flexner describes a lynching in Livermore, Kentucky and the reaction of the town and arrest of the participants.
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Flexner sends Addams his letter to Lillian Wald about the lynching in Livermore, Kentucky.