Anti-lynching legislation
Articles on Anti-lynching legislation from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Anti-lynching legislation (12 articles)
Articles on Anti-lynching legislation from The Crisis (1910-1934)
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 (Jan) | The Flag | Condemns States’ rights as shielding racial terror—arguing federal action is needed to protect Black citizens. |
| 1912 (Jan) | Crime and Lynching | Argues in The Crisis (1912) that lynching provokes crime; stop lynching to stop crime, a humane critique grounded in Florida and vagrancy abuses. |
| 1912 (Feb) | The Gall of Bitterness | Argues in The Crisis (Feb. 1912) that bitter truth, not sugarcoated wit, reveals racial antagonism, combats lynching myths, and demands justice. |
| 1915 (Mar) | Preparedness | Argues that true national preparedness requires ending lynching and securing racial justice under law. |
| 1917 (Jun) | Resolutions of the Washington Conference | Urges Black Americans to join the war effort and demands race justice: voting, education, end to lynching and Jim Crow. |
| 1920 (Feb) | Arkansas | Exposes Arkansas insurance bias and white surveillance that punish Black wealth, voting and anti-lynching activism. |
| 1920 (Feb) | Danger | Warns that a bill making ‘racial’ appeals unmailable would silence Black voices and endanger democracy. |
| 1920 (Mar) | Forward | Urges in The Crisis (1920) a renewed NAACP campaign against lynching, Jim Crow, and for the Black ballot and racial democracy. |
| 1920 (May) | Atlanta | Demands voting rights, an end to lynching and Jim Crow, and equal education, labor, and racial democracy. |
| 1920 (Jun) | Presidential Candidates | Catalogs 17 presidential candidates’’ stances on lynching, Jim Crow, schools and voting—exposing political silence. |
| 1920 (Jul) | In Georgia | Declares the NAACP’’s Atlanta meeting an epoch: Black demands for vote, anti-lynching, education, labor and full democracy. |
| 1921 (Feb) | The Lynching Bill | Condemns lynching as wholesale murder, urging federal action to defend law, democracy, and Black lives. |
| 1921 (Nov) | To The World | Demands racial equality, self-government, education and labor rights, condemning colonialism and economic injustice. |
| 1922 (Jan) | The Harding Political Plan | Condemns Harding’s plan to impose white rule and split Black votes, urging voters to protect race, democracy and the Dyer bill. |
| 1922 (Jan) | Mr. Howard | Urges Perry Howard and Black officials to reject token roles, defend anti-lynching reform, and uphold race dignity. |
| 1922 (Jan) | N.A.A.C.P. and Xmas | Urges donations to the NAACP, funding race justice, anti-lynching efforts, Klan exposure and legal aid. |
| 1922 (Feb) | Advertising | Argues modern advertising can mobilize indifferent white readers to expose lynching, advancing racial justice and democracy. |
| 1922 (May) | Anti-Lynching Legislation | Defends the NAACP’s focused anti-lynching campaign, warning that splitting efforts harms race justice and freedom. |
| 1922 (May) | The Drive | Urges Black Americans to back the NAACP, fight lynching and Jim Crow at home, and defend democracy. |
| 1922 (May) | The President | Denounces Republican race patronage and urges anti-lynching, labor and education reforms to defend democracy. |
| 1923 (Jan) | Intentions | Condemns partisan betrayal over the Dyer anti‑lynching bill and urges Black political power, sustained fight for democracy. |
| 1923 (Jan) | Political Straws | Analyzes Black voting strategy—rejecting enemies, backing allies, and demanding racial justice in democracy. |
| 1927 (Jan) | Our Methods | Defends NAACP methods, arguing organized protest and legal action advance racial justice, democracy, and labor rights. |
| 1927 (Feb) | Lynching | Denounces 1926’s surge in lynching, arguing failed local justice demands federal action to protect Black life and democracy. |
| 1928 (Sep) | Lynching | Exposes lynching as a political crime, showing a Florida photograph that reveals white supremacy and state violence. |
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