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A brief narrative of the struggle for the rights of the Colored people of Philadelphia in the city railway cars : and a defence of William Still, relating to his agency touching the passage of the late bill : Read before a large public meeting, held in Liberty Hall, Lombard St. below Eighth, Apr. 8th, 1867.

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  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Pennsylvania
  4. Philadelphia
  5. Segregation In Transportation
  6. Street Railroads

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