Word: personally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Street, Washington, from where Woodrow Wilson made his residence, John J. Buckley, Irene Hand Corrigan and a number of other property owners in that section made an agreement among themselves They mutually bound themselves not to allow their property to be used, occupied, purchased or leased by a person of Negro blood; nor were they to give their property to such a person. This engagement was to be effective for 21 years...
...following year, 1922, Mrs. Corrigan agreed to sell a house on the property to Mrs. Helen Curtis, known likewise as Mrs. A. L. Curtis. After the agreement had been made it was discovered that Mrs. Curtis was a person of Negro blood. Then the trouble began. Mr. John J. Buckley, one of the parties to the agreement, brought suit in equity to prevent the transfer of the property to Mrs. Curtis. For four years the case was fought. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People supported Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. Corrigan against Mr. Buckley, and other organizations joined...
...Fifth amendment says, "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." This, said Mr. Sanford, is a limitation only upon the powers of the general government...
...Fourteenth says that no state shall abridge the privileges of citizens "nor deny any person . . . the equal protection of the laws." This, said Mr. Sanford, refers to state action entirely and has nothing to do with individual invasion of individual rights...
...applicants will receive their tickets it they apply in person at 4 University Hall, between 9 and 1 o'clock, or between 2 and 3 o'clock, on Wednesday, June...