Passed Acts; St. 1948, c.51, SC1/series 229, Petition of Laurence H. Banks

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455141 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Laurence H. Banks, Boston; committee on state administration Selected signatures:Laurence H. Banks Actions taken on dates: 1948-01-07,1948-01-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 7, 1948 and referred to the committee on state administration and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 7, 1948 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: to prohibit discrimination of a person in housing projects because of race, color, creed or religion Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1948, c.51, passed February 11, 1948 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.