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In February 1930 , a Negro was taken by a mob from the sheriff at Ocilla , Ga . ,
beaten , burned , and hanged . In April 1930 a Negro was taken from the jail at
Walhalla , S . C . , and shot to death by a mob . In May 1930 a Negro was burned
to ...
In February 1930 , a Negro was taken by a mob from the sheriff at Ocilla , Ga . ,
beaten , burned , and hanged . In April 1930 a Negro was taken from the jail at
Walhalla , S . C . , and shot to death by a mob . In May 1930 a Negro was burned
to ...
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In the same month a Negro was taken from the sheriff in Thomasville , Ga . , and
lynched . In October 1930 a mob took a Negro accused of murder from the jail at
Bartow County , Ga . , and hanged him . In January 1931 , a Negro was taken by
...
In the same month a Negro was taken from the sheriff in Thomasville , Ga . , and
lynched . In October 1930 a mob took a Negro accused of murder from the jail at
Bartow County , Ga . , and hanged him . In January 1931 , a Negro was taken by
...
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trouble with a Negro who is supposed to have deserted the ship at Habana , and
while the captain is discussing his safety with his officers the Negro slips into his
cabin and causes a terrific explosion which wrecks the ship . The story then ...
trouble with a Negro who is supposed to have deserted the ship at Habana , and
while the captain is discussing his safety with his officers the Negro slips into his
cabin and causes a terrific explosion which wrecks the ship . The story then ...
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the. situation. in. the. last. war ? If. you. examine the records of the War
Department you will find that the established Negroes , the leading Negroes , did
not enter the Army . Fort Des Moines , where the first Negro officers were trained ,
was a ...
the. situation. in. the. last. war ? If. you. examine the records of the War
Department you will find that the established Negroes , the leading Negroes , did
not enter the Army . Fort Des Moines , where the first Negro officers were trained ,
was a ...
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Further , the Negro knows that even the local judges cannot be depended upon ;
that they will change their stories under pressure . Judge Duer changed his story
on the Salisbury lynching ; Judge Foster changed his story in the Tuscaloosa ...
Further , the Negro knows that even the local judges cannot be depended upon ;
that they will change their stories under pressure . Judge Duer changed his story
on the Salisbury lynching ; Judge Foster changed his story in the Tuscaloosa ...
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action American antilynching bill arrested Attorney General LANE authorities Baltimore believe bill called Chairman charged citizens civil colored committee Congress Constitution conviction course crime crowd deal death denied duty effect effort enact enforce equal protection evidence exercise express fact failed favor Federal Government feel fourteenth amendment give given Governor grand jury hands HAYMAN hearing held indictment individual jail Judge jurisdiction justice legislation letter liberty lynchers lynching Maryland matter means ment murder necessary Negro occurred officers opinion passed penalty person police prevent Princess Anne prisoner prosecute provisions punish question race reason record reference refused Representative responsibility secure Senator DIETERICH Senator McCARRAN Senator Van Nuys sentiment sheriff situation South southern statement statute Supreme Court taken thing THOMPSON tion United victim witnesses
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Página 257 - ... the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Página 252 - The equality of the rights of citizens is a principle of republicanism. Every republican government is in duty bound to protect all its citizens in the enjoyment of this principle, if within its power. That duty was originally assumed by the States, and it still remains there. The only obligation resting upon the United States is to see that the States do not deny the right. This the amendment guarantees, but no more. The power of the national government is limited to the enforcement of this guaranty.
Página 256 - to come to the seat of government to assert any claim he may have upon that government, to transact any business he may have with it, to seek its protection, to share its offices, to engage in administering its functions. He has the right of free access to its seaports, through which all operations of foreign commerce are conducted, to the subtreasuries, land offices, and courts of justice in the several States.
Página 239 - ... fetter and degrade the state governments by subjecting them to the control of congress, in the exercise of powers heretofore universally conceded to them of the most ordinary and fundamental character; when in fact it radically changes the whole theory of the relations of the state and federal governments to each other and of both these governments to the people...
Página 262 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Página 58 - Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: and all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Página 260 - Whoever, by virtue of public position under a State government, deprives another of property, life, or liberty without due process of law. or denies or takes away the equal protection of the laws, violates the constitutional inhibition, and as he acts in the name and for the State and is clothed with the State's power his act is that of the State. This must be so or the constitutional prohibition has no meaning.
Página 199 - If the case is such that the whole proceeding is a mask that counsel, jury and judge were swept to the fatal end by an irresistible wave of public passion, and that the state courts failed to correct the wrong, neither perfection in the machinery for correction nor the possibility that the trial court and counsel...
Página 244 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 260 - This must be so, or the constitutional prohibition has no meaning. Then the State has clothed one of its agents with power to annul or to evade it.
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| Título | Punishment for the Crime of Lynching: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on S. 1978...Feb. 20 and 21, Mar. 16, 1934 Punishment for the Crime of Lynching: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on S. 1978...Feb. 20 and 21, Mar. 16, 1934, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
| Autor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
| Publicado | 1934 |
| Largo | 276 páginas |
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