1867.14

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Tags African Americans
City/State/Country: Philadelphia, PA, United States
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"...the report of the Nominating Committee, through the acting chairman, Mr. James W. Davis, was presented, the feature of it being the recommendation to exclude colored clubs from representation in the Association, the object being to keep out of the Convention the discussion of any subject having a political bearing, as this undoubtedly had. 

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The Ball Players’ Chronicle December 19, 1867 

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