History A-Level

Anti-lynching legislation

What Anti-lynching legislation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Federal attempts to address lynching that were defeated in Congress, despite bills such as Costigan-Wagner, because southern Democrats blocked it.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 3 The New Deal and race relations, 1933–41 (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 3 The New Deal and race relations, 1933–41 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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