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NEW ORLEANS LA JAN 1ST 14

PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON,

PASS CHRISTIAN

THE NEGROES OF NEWORLEANS IN A MASS MEETING ASSEMBLED IN
ST JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF EVERY PHASE OF THEIR
RACIAL LIFE, CELEBRATING THIEIR FREEDOM, REJOICING IN THE PRIVILEGES
THEREOF. AND FACING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SAME WITH RESOLUTE
HEARTS AND A FORWARD LOOK SEND GREETINGS TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
OUR NATION WHO HAS HONORED US IN HONORING THE SOUTH IN CHOOSING TO
SOJOURN IN OUR SECTION FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF REST AND RECREATION.
WE SEND TO YOU MR. PRESIDENT OUR BEST WISHES FOR A PLEASANT SOJOURN

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