A 1930 decree granted citizenship to mixed-race Africans with proof of French culture.
Evidence
According to this decree, if a metis could provide proof of his or her French culture, this along with his or her white features was sufficient for citizenship. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1281
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Colonial citizenship for mixed-race people required proof of French culture plus white features (similarity 0.91)
- A 1930 decree made French culture plus white features sufficient for metis citizenship (similarity 0.90)
- A 1930 decree singled out mixed-bloods, entrenching racial barriers (similarity 0.86)
- French colonial law originally granted freed people full citizenship without racial distinction (similarity 0.79)
- France required Africans to prove wholesale cultural detachment for citizenship (similarity 0.79)
- A 1924 bill proposed making African citizenship an automatic right under certain criteria (similarity 0.79)
- France tightened naturalization requirements without officially abandoning assimilation policy (similarity 0.78)
- Only eighty-eight Africans gained French citizenship between 1914 and 1925 (similarity 0.78)