lynching Archives - Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

116 H.R. 7278 (Introduced in the House): Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020; JUSTICE Act; Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2020; Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act; National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2020; George Floyd and Walter Scott Notification Act; Breonna Taylor Notification Act of 2020

Bill text: To improve and reform policing practices, accountability and transparency., 2020

Document 6 ca. March 9, 1956 Charts Papers as President (Ann Whitman File): Cabinet Series

Civil Rights Act of 1957, visual aids on race and civil rights prepared by the FBI for the director’s Cabinet meeting report, 1956

Document 123 January 2, 1948 Memorandum with attachment To: Charles [S.] Murphy Fr: O[scar] R. E[wing]

Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: The Report of the Committee on Civil Rights and President Truman’s Message to Congress of February 2, 1948: request to review the “Charter of Negro Rights” outlining ten-point program for safeguarding civil rights for all Americans, 1948

To Secure These Rights, Committee report on constitutional civil rights, segregation, discrimination, and remedies.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee report on constitutional civil rights, segregation, discrimination, and remedies, 1947

To Secure These Rights summary pamphlet of Committee’s final report, including dissemination and reaction from civil rights organizations and mass media.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Summary pamphlet of Committee’s final report, including dissemination and reaction from civil rights organizations and mass media., 1948

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: September 12-13, 1947. (Washington Meetings.) 356pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of September 12-13, 1947, with Committee members’ discussion of content and emphasis of report, including segregation, discrimination, legislation, and role of federal government., 1947

Minutes of Meetings of President’s Committee on Civil Rights–May 1,1947 through May 15, 1947. 255pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee meeting minutes, including testimony on behalf of civil rights organizations and researchers., 1947

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: June 30, 1947. (Hanover Meeting). 281pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of June 30, 1947, with Committee members’ discussion of content and emphasis of report, and its use as a tool of mass education., 1947

Staff Memoranda: Volume I–President’s Committee on Civil Rights. 193pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee memoranda, including digests of news reports and organizations’ comments; discrimination faced by Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, and Indians; and group defamation and libel., 1947

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: April 3 and 15, 1947. 165pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcripts of Committee proceedings of April 3 and 15, 1947, including testimony on Justice Department, legislation and legal issues, radio and hate speech, antisemitism, and hate groups., 1947

Staff Memoranda: Volume II–President’s Committee on Civil Rights. 153pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee memoranda, including lynching, armed forces, Hispanic Americans, history of civil rights legislation and case law, U.S. possessions, federal employment, black Americans, disclosure requirements, and housing., 1947

Lynching–Hearings, 1918-1950.

National Archive Records: Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on lynching in 1948 and 1918, proposed antilynching legislation, statistical data on lynching, and antilynching legislation and black troops, from files of assistant attorney general W. Wilson White, 1918-1950, 1918-1950

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: April 17, 1947. 146pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of April 17, 1947, including testimony of NAACP and others., 1947

Earle, (Willie) Case. 98pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Federal anti-lynching legislation letters of support referencing case of Willie Earle in South Carolina, including correspondence with NAACP., 1947

Working Papers–Civil Rights Message February 2, 1948. 104pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: President Truman’s civil rights message to Congress, February 2, 1948, consisting of drafts with outline of actions for Executive branch, Congress, states, and for public education., 1948

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 62pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: NAACP civil rights correspondence with Committee, including issues of employment, lynching, voting rights, violence, and conditions in Southern states., 1946-1947

1940. 196pp.

Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 1940, including memberships drives, elections, convention proceedings, and factionalism and internal politics, 1940