Curators: Gabriel Barrett-Jackson, Emma Cones, Christina Delany, Lindsay Drapkin, Lila Gyory, Sydney Hemmindinger, Rosa Pleasant, Reilly Torres, Victoria Walker, Daniel Waruingi. Created for Prof. Sharla Fett’s History 213 Class, Occidental College, Spring 2016.
Edited by Sharla Fett, David Kim, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Sarah Patterson, and Samantha de Vera.
Special thanks to Gale, a Cengage Company, and Accessible Archives Inc.® for granting permission for the use of the materials from 19th Century U.S. Newspaper and African American Newspapers: The 19th Century.
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Citation: Barrett-Jackson, Gabriel, Emma Cones, Christina Delany, Lindsay Drapkin, Lila Gyory, Sydney Hemmindinger, Rosa Pleasant, Reilly Torres, Victoria Walker, and Daniel Waruingi. “Equality Before the Law: California Black Convention Activism, 1855-65.” Colored Conventions Project. 2016. https://oldsite.coloredconventions.org/california-equality.
Previous Citation: Barrett-Jackson, Gabriel, Emma Cones, Christina Delany, Lindsay Drapkin, Lila Gyory, Sydney Hemmindinger, Rosa Pleasant, Reilly Torres, Victoria Walker, and Daniel Waruingi. “Equality Before the Law: California Black Convention Activism, 1855-65.” Omeka RSS. 2016. https://oldsite.coloredconventions.org/exhibits/show/black-convention-activism-in-t.