Henry Mencken testified, no civilized country can

Henry Mencken testified, no civilized country can condone lynching, on Feb. 2, 1935. The journalist and social critic was before the Senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing on the Anti-Lynching bill. Between 1920 and 1930 the House of Representative passed three strong bills, but each was blocked by the Senate's Southern Democratic voting block. (BSLOC_2015_14_180)

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