News article on the leader of the Springfield Riot being acquitted, 1908
Tag Archives: racial intimidation and violence
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
Race Riots in Illinois
News article on the Springfield riot, 1908
The Race War in the North
News editorial on the Springfield riot, 1908
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
The Mob Still Rides: A Review of the Lynching Record, 1931-1935
Text of pamphlet summarizing results of studies of lynchings across United States between 1931 and 1935, 1936
This Business of Lynching
Text of pamphlet that provides an overview of the nationwide lynching problem, with listings by state, 1935
Wagner-Van Nuys Anti-Lynching Bill
Text of the Wagner-Van Nuys Anti-Lynching Bill: A Bill for the better assurance of the protection of persons from mob violence and lynching, 1937
Demand Action Now! Stop Lynching
Text of NAACP pamphlet that describes reasons to support passage of the Wagner-Van Nuys antilynching bill, 1937
Document 158: February 11, 1937 Letter with attachment
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
Document 195: November 13, 1937 Letter with attachment
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Transmittal of compilation of NAACP press releases on the anti-lynching bill, 1937
Document 33: January 13, 1934 Letter with attachments
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Resolution of anti-lynching legislation in Cleveland, Ohio, 1934
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