Law
George White Anti-Lynching Bill (H.R. 6963)
Representative George Henry White introduced the first federal anti-lynching bill to protect citizens against mob violence, but the measure never made it out of committee.
Year
1900
Impact
Blocked
Status
Blocked
Party
Republican Party
Era
Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement
Impact Context
Its failure left Black communities exposed to racial terror at the dawn of Jim Crow and showed how little federal protection Congress was willing to provide even when lynching was openly used to terrorize Black citizens.
What This Policy Did
Its failure left Black communities exposed to racial terror at the dawn of Jim Crow and showed how little federal protection Congress was willing to provide even when lynching was openly used to terrorize Black citizens.
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Sources
U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives • Government • Feb 21, 1900
Official House historical record describing George White's H.R. 6963, its introduction date, and the fact that it never left committee.
U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives • Government
Official historical essay explaining White's introduction of the first federal anti-lynching bill in 1900.