Box L.27
Container
Contains 116 Results:
Lynching Legislation - 74th Congress (1935-1937) - Clippings, 1934-1935
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Contains mainly documentation of bill number S. 24, also known as the Costigan Wagner bill, and clippings referring to the many bills introduced during the 74th congress.
Dates:
1934-1935
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 74th Congress (1935-1937) - Congressional Record, 1935-1936
File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents
Printed Congressional Record issues from 1935 and 1936, which include statements by congressmen Gavagan, Celler, and Wolverton.
Dates:
1935-1936
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 74th Congress (1935-1937) - NAACP Press Releases, 1934-1935
File — Multiple Containers
Dates:
1934-1935
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 74th Congress (1935-1937) - Telegrams, 1935-1936
File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents
Includes a telegram from Walter White of NAACP and another from H. Horton of New York
Dates:
1935-1936
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939), 1937
File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents
Contains printed bills H.R. 143, 162, 164, and 228 and a clipping about antilynching bills introduced.
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
/
L
/
L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Bill text, 1937
File — Box: L.27
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
/
General File
/
L
/
L - part 2
/
Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Clippings, 1937
File — Box: L.27
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
/
AFRO Morgue Files
/
General File
/
L
/
L - part 2
/
Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Congressional Record, 1937
File — Box: L.27
Scope and Contents
Congressional Record issues regarding H.R. 1507, aka Gavagan bill debate.
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
/
L
/
L - part 2
/
Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Draft articles, 1937
File — Multiple Containers
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
/
AFRO Morgue Files
/
General File
/
L
/
L - part 2
/
Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Letters, 1937
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Includes a 1937 telegram from Representative Hamilton Fish of New York to Carl Murphy with Murphy's response. Also contains advocacy letters circulated by the NAACP, letters to the editor of the AFRO, and letters from members of Congress including Emanuel Celler of New York, Representatives T. Alan Goldsborough (First District of Maryland), Stephen W. Gambrill (Fifth District of Maryland), William P. Cole, Jr. (Second District of Maryland), and Ambrose J. Kennedy (Fourth District of...
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
/
AFRO Morgue Files
/
General File
/
L
/
L - part 2
/
Lynching