Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Resolution of anti-lynching legislation in Cleveland, Ohio, 1934
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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
Anti-Lynching Movement
News profile on Ida B. Wells and the Anti-Lynching Movement, 1894
A Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynchings in the United States, 1892-1893-1894
Book by Ida B. Wells on lynching, 1895
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All It’s Phases
Book by Ida B. Wells on lynchings, 1892
Mob Rule in New Orleans: Robert Charles and His Fight to the Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics
Work by Ida B. Wells on lynching, 1900
The Golden Rule in Atlanta
News article: Editorial written by Booker T. Washington on race relations in the South, 1906
Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the use of the Army in Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida since August 1, 1876.
House and Senate Documents: Message of President, transmitting statement on use of Army in certain Southern States, 1877
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of July 20, 1876, information in relation to the slaughter of American citizens at Hamburgh, S. C.
House and Senate Documents: Message of President, on slaughter of American citizens at Hamburgh, South Carolina, 1876
Mississippi in 1875. Vol. 1
Congressional Hearings: June 9, 10, 12, 13, 15-17, 19-24, hearings were held in Jackson, Miss; June 26, 27 hearings were held in Aberdeen, Miss. Hearing was issued as S. Rpt. 44-527, 1876
United States v. Cruikshank 92 U.S. 542
Supreme Court Documents on Cruikshank v. U.S., n/a
Article 6 — No Title
News article on the Hamburg Massacre, 1876
Minutes of Meetings of President’s Committee on Civil Rights–January 15, 1947 through April 17, 1947. 240pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee meeting minutes on civil rights and legislation, with transcripts of testimony from Justice Department, National Urban League, and NAACP officials., 1947