[African Americana]: [New Jersey]:

Coming! Coming! New Jersey Conference of Colored Republicans... [caption title].

Jersey City: Harold S. Williamson, [ca.1932]. Small broadside, inches. Previously folded. Minor edge wear. Moderate toning and dust soiling. Good plus. Item #5264

An ephemeral handbill for a Depression-era meeting of the New Jersey Conference of Colored Republicans. The president of the conference, J. Mercer Burrell, was a Newark attorney and one of the first Black assemblymen to serve in the New Jersey statehouse. In 1933 he filled his seat as member of the Republican party, but was re-elected on the Clean Government line in 1934. This handbill advertises a April 30 (1932?) meeting at the Monumental Baptist Church in Jersey City, where "reports on [the] national situation and consideration of candidates for President and U.S. Senator" were to be discussed. The lower portion of the flyer prints a list of speakers, including a female Assembly candidate, La Bella Ortiz, and a roster of the local Jersey City Republican committee.

Price: $300