dec 4, 1923 - JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AND THE N.A.A.C.P. FIGHT LYNCHING
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James Weldon Johnson visits the United States House of Representatives to lobby for the Anti-Lynching Bill sponsored by Congressman Leonidas C. Dyer. Despite passage in the House, a Southern Democratic filibuster prevented its passage in the Senate in repeated attempts
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