The bill passed but was not very effective in practice due to racial discrimination and lack of resources to enforce the law.

Schools of higher learning were often split politically as to whether they remained loyal to British royalty or supported the constitution after the American Revolutionary War, the spirit of which educators passed down to their students.

[4] The American system of jurisprudence was intended to provide a means for people who were harmed in some way to resolve illegal conduct in the courts.

It was known at the time that lawyers played an important role in society and politics, but generally attorneys were not prepared to be as effective and in the number that was needed.

George Wythe, a legal instructor of John Marshall and Henry Clay,[a] thought that lawyers should be leaders and prevent the passage of unconstitutional laws.

[1] Stuart moved to San Diego, California, in 1890, based upon feedback from the South Caroline Supreme Court, he was admitted to the bar.

[3] In 1907, he travelled to Trinidad to defend Grattan Turner, a black man from Denver who was charged with the murder of Manuel Chavez at Starkville.

[8] Stuart was nominated to run for a seat in the state's legislature by the city's "politically active black community".

[9] During his speech he said "This large crowd assures me that the people of Pueblo County are awakened to the fact that Colorado must be redeemed from populist misrule.

He sponsored a bill that was meant to end racial discrimination, and should have provided equal access to public places, like lodging, restaurants, entertainment, and transportation.

[3] In January 1900, Booker T. Washington stayed at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver and gave a lecture about "the Negro question" at the Central Presbyterian Church.

Stuart read a poem, written for the occasion by Paul Laurence Dunbar, entitled His Public Work.