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The Saint Paul Globe
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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Prominent colored people in Chicago organized the Civic League of the State of Illinois on Jan. 24 to gain Northern support for educating Southern Negroes, integrating trades unions, and earning respect from white communities.
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Colored Men of Chicago Organize a Civic League.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-A number of prominent colored people of this city and state today organized the Civic League of the State of Illinois. The object is to get the moral support of the North to enable the league to educate its kindred in the South, and to endeavor to get trades unions to raise the bar they have placed against the admission of colored men. The league also expects to make the members of their race respected by the white people in the communities in which they live.
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Chicago, Illinois
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Jan. 24.
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A number of prominent colored people of this city and state today organized the Civic League of the State of Illinois. The object is to get the moral support of the North to enable the league to educate its kindred in the South, and to endeavor to get trades unions to raise the bar they have placed against the admission of colored men. The league also expects to make the members of their race respected by the white people in the communities in which they live.