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Since then, leading abolitionists, pan-Africanists, and anti-lynching crusaders including Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, and Ida B.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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The Republican Party of Lincoln was failing to lead even on something as rudimentary as a federal anti-lynching law.
Robert Kuttner: Consolation and Inspiration From Dr. King Robert Kuttner 2011
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I helped secure the passage of the United States Senate's Resolution apologizing for its failure to adopt anti-lynching legislation and testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of expanding the scope of hate crimes to include orientation.
Janet Langhart Cohen: Authentically Black Janet Langhart Cohen 2011
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We are now so anti-lynching no one even suggest doing it to the president.
Aaron Freeman: Forgiving Ron Paul (and All Other White People) Aaron Freeman 2011
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In it, a newly integrated acting company is rehearsing an anti-lynching melodrama, with a clueless white director at the helm, and African American actors who have learned how to play stereotypes in order to survive.
Backstage: Arena Stage's 2011-12 season; Michael Kahn directs opera in Dallas Jane Horwitz 2011
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The Republican Party of Lincoln was failing to lead even on something as rudimentary as a federal anti-lynching law.
Robert Kuttner: Consolation and Inspiration From Dr. King Robert Kuttner 2011
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Du Bois, journalist William Trotter, anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, Pan Africanist advocate Marcus Garvey and countless others would emerge to challenge the racial status quo.
Clarence Lusane: From the White House to Obama's House Clarence Lusane 2010
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In the early decades of the twentieth century, the House of Representatives repeatedly passed anti-lynching legislation, but a minority of Southern Senators filibustered the bills time and again.
Aaron Belkin: A Unique Opportunity for the Democrats Aaron Belkin 2010
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The Republican Party of Lincoln was failing to lead even on something as rudimentary as a federal anti-lynching law.
Robert Kuttner: Consolation and Inspiration From Dr. King Robert Kuttner 2011
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She also worked with Eleanor Roosevelt to pass anti-lynching laws.
Lena Horne Passes « 2010
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