ZOOM TALK #1 | Emperor Norton in Black San Francisco: Empire Day Notes on SF's Monarch of the Marginalized

September 09, 2020 / The Emperor Norton Trust

Banner of the black-owned and -operated Pacific Appeal newspaper, an abolitionist weekly in San Francisco. Between late 1870 and mid 1875, the Appeal published some 250 Proclamations of Emperor Norton. The issue of 7 March 1874, whose banner is show… — **Banner of the black-owned and -operated *Pacific Appeal* newspaper**, an abolitionist weekly in San Francisco. Between late 1870 and mid 1875, the *Appeal* published some 250 Proclamations of Emperor Norton. The issue of 7 March 1874, whose banner is shown here, featured a Proclamation in which the Emperor insisted that black children be admitted to public schools.

For Empire Day 2020, The Emperor Norton Trust offers a free Zoom discussion of Emperor Norton's relationships with leading black intellectuals and editors of his day — as well as the Emperor's well-documented insistence on equality, civil rights and expanded legal protections for black people.

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Emperor Norton at a Pro-Civil Rights Lecture, March 1868

February 24, 2019 / John Lumea

Emperor Norton’s on-point attendance at an early event of the Order of Freedom’s Defenders — a Unionist-Republican political club dedicated to preserving Lincoln's legacy; advancing Reconstruction; electing Grant as President; and securing the Constitutional protections necessary to guarantee the civil rights of African-Americans — can be seen as “of a piece” with the Emperor’s broader commitment to African-American equality.

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ZOOM TALK #1 | Emperor Norton in Black San Francisco: Empire Day Notes on SF's Monarch of the Marginalized

Emperor Norton at a Pro-Civil Rights Lecture, March 1868