Shame of America. Page from 1923 CRISIS magazine

Shame of America. Page from 1923 CRISIS magazine edited by W. E. B. Du Bois for the NAACP. It decries decades of lynchings and urges the passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill by the U.S Senate. 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_16_153)

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African Americans Blacks Civil Rights Cruelty Dubois Illegal Executions Injustice Lcgr1512 Naacp Oppression Punishments Race Discrimination W.e.b White Supremacy

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