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Racial Discrimination Alleged United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 16, 6.30 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, January 15. Alleging racial discrimination by Hollywood, the Legion of the Lost, which is sponsoring a fight for the middle-weight title between Garcia and Henry Armstrong (negro) has cancelled the contest. It stated that negroes and whites fought in the trenches and asked why should they not be permitted to meet in the Hollywood Stadium.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 7
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73TITLE FIGHT OFF Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 7
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