EQUAL SCHOOL RIGHTS
The undersigned is about to commence a mission to the several towns in Massachusetts, for the purpose of obtaining signatures to a petition, asking the Legislature of the Commonwealth to pass a law compelling those who have charge of public school instruction for children to make no distinction on account of color, in relation to the admission of children to the schools nearest their residences, and to those to which other children in the several neighborhoods are admitted.
The recent action of the School Committee of the city of Boston, and the subsequent decision of the judges of the Supreme Court, in the case of Roberts vs. City of Boston, show the great injustice against the colored people, perpetrated by those agents in the public service, and demand the serious attention of every citizen of this State.
As it will require means to prosecute this effort, the friends of equal rights are requested to govern themselves accordingly.
BENJ. F. ROBERTS Boston, June 12, 1850
(Includes the Garrison “finger”) We wish Mr. Roberts all possible success in his laudable undertaking — Ed. Lib.
(Liberator, June 21, pg. 3, 1850)
