Law
Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill
A later federal anti-lynching bill was introduced but failed to become law after strong Senate resistance.
Year
1934
Impact
Blocked
Status
Blocked
Party
Democratic Party
Era
Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement
Impact Context
Its failure reinforced the federal government’s long refusal to adequately punish racial mob violence.
What This Policy Did
Its failure reinforced the federal government’s long refusal to adequately punish racial mob violence.
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