Item #18213 Action For Anti-Lynching Bill, 1947. Lynching African American.
Action For Anti-Lynching Bill, 1947

Action For Anti-Lynching Bill, 1947

Newspaper

Action for Today newsletter. Civil Rights Congress of New York: 1947. Mimeographed newsletter measures 14 x 8.5 inches. 2 pages. Newsletter regarding the anti-lynching bill before Congress reads in part, "Despite political promises of 1946 elections, neither the Republican leadership nor the administration have found it 'politically expedient' to do anything whatever to stop the growing lynch terror against the Negro people in our country." The first federal anti-lynching bill was introduced in 1918 in the House of Representatives before southern Democrats blocked its Senate passage. Some version of the bill was reintroduced throughout the rest of the twentieth century and continuously blocked. It would not be until 2020 that the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act was passed and signed into law in 2022, making lynching a federal crime at long last. The newsletter details the 1947 anti-lynching bill H.R. 3488 and goes on to list actionable steps for readers. Creased where folded. Very light toning to edge of front page. In very good condition.

Item #18213

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