[Protest against the cancellation of the election of W. H. Lewis to membership in the [American Bar] Association] / [Geo. W. Wickersham].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wickersham, George W. (George Woodward), 1858-1936.

Contributor:

Whitelock, George, 1854-1920.

American Bar Association.

Series:

Making of modern law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, W. H. (William H.).

Lewis, W. H.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

Race discrimination--United States.

Race discrimination.

United States.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 leaves)

Place of Publication:

[U.S.] : [publisher not identified], [1912?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Cataloged from cover

Title on cover in typescript, provided by holding institution

Correspondence between George Woodward Wickersham, Attorney General of the United States, and George Whitelock, Secretary of the American Bar Association

Signed (leaves 3, 8, and 15): Geo. W. Wickersham ; signed (leaves 9, 13): Geo. Whitelock

"Office of the Attorney General, Washington, February 4, 1912."--Leaf [17]

"In January, 1912, the new executive committee undertook by resolution to cancel the election of Mr. Lewis and place his name on the list of persons proposed for membership to be voted upon at the next annual meeting, basing this action upon the statement that when he was elected the Executive Committee did not know he was a colored man."--Leaves 1-2

Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2004 miunns

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