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Report of John R. Shillady, Secretary, to the Anti-Lynching Committee

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Accounting the events related to lynchings during September 1918; includes locations in Georgia and Texas. Reported by John R. Shillady for the NAACP Anti-Lynching Committee. Includes notes on investigations in Brooks and Lowndes counties in Georgia, Ben Hur (Tex.), Louisiana, the Camp Merritt race riot, incidents in Oklahoma, President Wilson's lynching and mob violence pronouncement, memorandum to the members of the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association, San Antonio express lynching reward fund, Philadelphia Race riots, President Storey's address to the Wisconsin Bar Association, examination of newspapers in the southern states and publicity. This is a typescript copy of the report.
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Keywords

  1. Committees
  2. Law And Legislation
  3. Lynching
  4. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People

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