Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Progress in formulating an antilynching bill that will meet constitutional tests and transmits a Justice Department memorandum assessing the NAACP proposed antilynching bill, reviewing distinctions between the present bill and previous antilynching bills, and examining the constitutional basis for the statute, with a review of relevant case law, 1937
Tag Archives: Costigan-Wagner Bill
Document 119: March 16, 1936 Letter with attachment
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Acknowledgment of letter concerning presidential support for the Costigan-Wagner Bill, the president’s desire to focus Congress on other legislation, and the assurance that the president is still in support of antilynching efforts, 1936
Document 28: April 20, 1934 Letter with attachment
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: The progress of the Costigan-Wagner antilynching bill, impediments to passage of bill from southern politicians, necessity for Congress to remain in session to review and approve the bill, and the possible lynching backlash if the bill does not pass, 1934
Document 148: November 9, 1936 Note with attachment
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Transmittal of NAACP weekly press release, 1936
Document 155: January 21, 1937 Memorandum
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Analysis of salient features of NAACP proposed antilynching bill, 1937
Document 78: December 19, 1934 Letter with attachment
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Request for suitable date for delegation to meet with president in Washington, D.C., to discuss Wagner- Costigan antilynching bill and to present him with a memorial urging federal action against lynching, 1934
Document 126: January 2, 1936 Memorandum with attachments
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Provides statement on issues of concern to African Americans, including lynching problem; discrimination in relief and public works, the postal service, and civil service; white-only primaries; and discrimination in the army and navy, 1936