The Struggle for Anti-Lynching Legislation in the 1920s
Documents:
Brooklyn Eagle, "Senator France, Representative Dyer to Urge Federal Anti-Lynching Law" (November 29, 1920
)
Letter from H.M. Daugherty, Attorney General to Hon. A.J. Volstead (August 9, 1921)
Letter from Warren Harding to James Johnson (June 18, 1921)
Letter from Walter White to Alice M. Robertson (December 21, 1921)
Letter from Walter White to the editor of the New York World (December 27, 1921)
Congressional Record House (January 17, 1922). Comments of Patrick Drewry.
Congressional Record House (January 18, 1922). Comments of John Sandlin
Congressional Record House (January 18, 1922). Comments of Meyer London.
Congressional Record House (January 18, 1922). Comments of Mr. Volstead.
Congressional Record House (January 18, 1922). Comments of Thomas Montgomery Bell.
Congressional Record House (January 18, 1922). Comments by Edgar Ellis.
Letter from Burton French to James Weldon Johnson (February 3, 1922
)
Letter from Robert D. Carey to James Weldon Johnson (March 17, 1922)
Letter from William Borah to W. Hayes McKinney (May 22, 1922)
Letter from Moorefield Storey to William Borah (June 5, 1922)
Letter from James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. to James Weldon Johnson (August 9, 1922)
William Borah's Letter to the Editor of
The Boston Transcript
(June 8, 1922)
The Anti-Lynching Crusaders (June or July 1922)
The Anti-Lynching Crusaders (1922)
"Directions for Buffalo Key Women” (1922)
“A Lynching” by Juliette V. Harring (September 14, 1922)
Letter from Mary B. Talbert to Mary White Ovington (October 21, 1922)
Letter from Walter F. White to Emily W. Osgood (December 1, 1922)
The Shame of America, New York Times (November 23, 1922)
Letter from Walter White to the Senate (December 1, 1922)
Letter from Warren Harding's Secretary to James Weldon Johnson (December 8, 1922)
Dryer Anti-Lynching Bill Political Cartoon
A Terrible Blot on American Civilization
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