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Bertrand
Snell's Letter to Walter White (January 30, 1937)
Source:
NAACP Papers, Library of Congress
As
far as the attitude of the Republican Party on anti-lynching laws
is concerned I would say that we have expressed that several times
unanimously. We have voted for every anti-lynching law that has
been presented and there is no new policy to be discussed because
we are unanimously for the anti-lynching legislation. The reason
you do not have that is because the Democratic majority has never
allowed that bill to become a law and that is the Party that to
the best of my knowledge and belief, at least ninety percent of
the colored people in New York City
supported.
I
think this is a matter that your people should give some careful
consideration as to whether you are going to continue to support
the party that opposes national legislation for the
general improvement of the colored race.
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