JACK JOHNSON'S WEDDING.
BILL TO PREVENT BLACK AND
WHITE MARRIAGES.
"SLAVES TO AFRICAN BRUTES"
(Received December 12, 11.15 p.m.) Washington, December 12. As a result, of the announcement of Jack Johnson'B marriage to MissLucille Cameron, ■ Mr. Rodenbury has introduced a Bill in the House of Representatives forbidding the marriage of whites to negroes. In introducing the Bill Mr. Rodenbury declared that it was intolerable in any Christian country that white girls should be made slaves to African brutes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15174, 13 December 1912, Page 7
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78JACK JOHNSON'S WEDDING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15174, 13 December 1912, Page 7
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