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Box L.27

 Container

Contains 116 Results:

Lynching Legislation - Research on Maryland Senators' Voting Records from 1935-1945, 1945

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Contains research request signed I Boone and response from Elizabeth Hood regarding voting records of Senators Radcliffe and Tydings on bills affecting Black people.

Dates: 1945

Lynching Legislation - Wire article "Nine Mobs Defy States and Usurp Rights", 1934

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Wire article published by the Associated Negro Press

Dates: 1934

Lynching Legislation - 67th Congress (1921-1923), 1921-1923

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Contains printed resolution for S.J. Res. 268, printed committee report for H.R. 13, and NAACP Brief in support of the Dyer bill (H.R. 13) written by Moorfield Storey.

Dates: 1921-1923

Lynching Legislation - 68th Congress (1923-1925), 1924

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Contains printed committee report for H.R. 1, Dyer bill.

Dates: 1924

Lynching Legislation - 69th Congress (1925-1927), 1925-1926

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Contains documentation of H.R. 3777, S. 121, and H.R. 11351

Dates: 1925-1926

Lynching Legislation - 70th Congress (1927-1929), 1928, undated

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Contains documentation of H.R. 5540

Dates: 1928; undated

Lynching Legislation - 71st Congress (1929-1931), 1929-1930

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Contains documentation of H.R. 2403, H.J. Res. 359

Dates: 1929-1930

Lynching Legislation - 73rd Congress (1933-1935), 1933-1934

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Contains documentation of S. 1978 also known as the Costigan-Wagner bill, and H.R. 6559. Documents include transcripts of Walter White and Charles Houston statements before congress, press releases, and pamphlets from the NAACP. Also contains a petition by the Elks of New Orleans with 10,000 signers listed in support of the legislation.

Dates: 1933-1934

Lynching Legislation - 74th Congress (1935-1937) - Bill Texts, 1935

 File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents

Printed text of bill H.R. 4457

Dates: 1935