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Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1902, no. 493 : Jackson W. Giles, appellant, vs. E. Jeff Harris et al., Board of Registrars of Montgomery County, Alabama : brief for appellant

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Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1902, no. 493 : Jackson W. Giles, appellant, vs. E. Jeff Harris et al., Board of Registrars of Montgomery County, Alabama : brief for appellant

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A legal brief presenting the case of an African American, Jackson W. Giles, against Montgomery County, Alabama, challenging the suffrage provisions of the 1901 constitution of the State of Alabama. Giles charged that the Alabama constitution violated the U.S. Constitution by denying blacks the equal protection of the laws and the right to vote.
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LC copy stamped in ink on t.p.: Office Supreme Court U.S. filed Jan 28 1903, James H. McKenney, clerk. Inscription in pencil on p. [1]: Suffrage discrimination in Alabama.

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