Article on lynching by James Weldon Johnson, 1924
Tag Archives: lynching
Papers of the NAACP, Part 07: The Anti-Lynching Campaign, 1912-1955, Series B: Anti-Lynching Legislative and Publicity Files, 1916-1955
Library of Congress Folders: NAACP anti-lynching fundraising campaign, 1919-1920
Casefile 800.9-181: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Anti-Lynching Circular, Arkansas, U.S. Department of State, 1921
National Archive Folders: Casefile on the NAACP regarding the federal surveillance of Black Americans, 1921
Part I, Segregation. Part II, Anti-Lynching
Congressional Hearings: African Americans; Civil rights; Due process of law; Federal state relations; Murders & murder attempts; Racial discrimination; Riots. NAACP called as witness., 1920
Punishment for the Crime of Lynching. Part 1
Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1934
The Negro Comes North
Editorial on African American migration in the U.S., 1917
The Escape of Crime
News article on the trials after the Springfield Riot, 1908
The Springfield Riots
News article on troops withdrawing from Springfield after the riots, 1908
Springfield Riot Leader Acquitted
News article on the leader of the Springfield Riot being acquitted, 1908
Lynchings and International Peace
Article by Booker T. Washington, 1912
The Atlanta Massacre
News article: Report on the Atlanta Massacre written by a black man who witnessed the events, 1906
Coram Nobls.: The Atlanta Massacre.
News editorial on the Atlanta Massacre, 1906
The Atlanta Riots: A Southern White Point of View
Editorial from a white man that accuses African Americans of being a “criminal class”, 1906
Atlanta and Its Warnings
Editorial on the Atlanta Massacre, 1906
Event and Comment: A Race Feud in Atlanta
Editorial on the Atlanta Massacre, 1906
Lynch Law in the South
News article on arrests made for the lynchings during the Atlanta Massacre, 1906
Race Riots and Murders in Atlanta
News article on the Atlanta Massacre, 1906
Editorials: The Wind and the Whirlwind
Editorial on the events leading up to the Atlanta Massacre, 1906
Atlanta Outdone
News article on the Springfield riot, 1908
The Riot at Springfield
News article on the Springfield riot, 1908
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
Document 219: February 18, 1938 Letter with attachment
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Comments on and arguments in favor of NAACP proposal to permit Senator Robert Wagner to suspend debate on the antilynching bill and to set a day certain to resume debate on the bill in April, in light of the bill’s filibuster and danger that the bill would be dead if displaced as unfinished business, 1938
Document 132: February 24, 1936 Letter with attachment
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Transmittal of article alleging Roosevelt’s approval of lynching due to his failure to publicly support the Wagner-Costigan antilynching bill, 1936
The Work of a Mob
Article on mobs and lynching in The Crisis by Walter White, 1918