[African Americans flee the south,to come to the northern & mid western states for jobs.. ***Why?*** because ***Democratic*** White men were going to lynch(hang) them]... [white women & journalist petitioned for the public lynching to stop ] to combat lynching.[2] From 1882 to 1968, "...nearly 200 anti-lynching bills were introduced in Congress, and three passed the House. Seven presidents between 1890 and 1952 petitioned Congress to pass a federal law."[3] No bill was approved by the Senate because of the powerful opposition of the Southern Democratic voting block.[3] In the Great Migration, extending in two waves from 1910 to 1970, 6.5 million African Americans left the South, primarily for northern and mid-western cities, for jobs and to escape the risk of lynchings.[republicans save the day] "Sad how todays voters are so naive to their own history & would fall prey to their own political parties Democractic lynching practices." Patrice Harbour 7/27/13 Source Lynching in the United States by en.m.wikpedia.org
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:13:51 +0000
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