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Box L.27

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Contains 116 Results:

Lynching Cases - West Virginia, 1931-1933

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Coverage of lynching of Tom Jackson and George Banks (Lewisburg, 1931). One article mentions lynching of Matthew Williams (Salisbury, Md., 1931).

Dates: 1931-1933

Lynching Legislation - Note from Carl Murphy, 1929-1941

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Contains undated note from Carl Murphy to a Mrs. Arnold regarding lynching in the state of Maryland, and clippings dated 1929 to 1941.

Dates: 1929-1941

Lynching Legislation - Report on Anti-Lynching Legislation prepared by Legislative Reference Service, 1900-1939, 1940-1941

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Includes correspondence between Margarent Williams of the AFRO library Lucy Salamanca at the Legislative Reference Service, and a report on anti-lynching legislation between 1900 and 1939.

Dates: 1940-1941

Lynching Legislation - Report "Lynching Goes Underground", 1940

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Published report sponsored by members of congress including Gavagan, Fish, Wagner, and Capper, co-sponsors of anti-lynching legislation.

Dates: 1940

Lynching Legislation - Research on Maryland Senators' Voting Records from 1935-1945, 1945

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Contains research request signed I Boone and response from Elizabeth Hood regarding voting records of Senators Radcliffe and Tydings on bills affecting Black people.

Dates: 1945

Lynching Legislation - Wire article "Nine Mobs Defy States and Usurp Rights", 1934

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Wire article published by the Associated Negro Press

Dates: 1934

Lynching Legislation - 67th Congress (1921-1923), 1921-1923

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Contains printed resolution for S.J. Res. 268, printed committee report for H.R. 13, and NAACP Brief in support of the Dyer bill (H.R. 13) written by Moorfield Storey.

Dates: 1921-1923

Lynching Legislation - 68th Congress (1923-1925), 1924

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Contains printed committee report for H.R. 1, Dyer bill.

Dates: 1924