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Former [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[James F. Byrnes]], appointed by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and later [[Secretary of State]] under President [[Harry Truman]] said, "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."<ref>https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html</ref> Franklin Roosevelt appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court.
Former [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[James F. Byrnes]], appointed by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and later [[Secretary of State]] under President [[Harry Truman]] said, "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."<ref>https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html</ref> Franklin Roosevelt appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court.
The first [[federal]] anti-lynching legislation was introduced by Republicans in 1905 and overcame Democrat [[filibuster]]s in 1922. It was signed into law by Republican President [[Warren Harding]] in 1922. Democrat filibusters against strengthening the law continued however, and President Franklin Roosevelt always opposed Republican civil rights bills and anti-lynching legislation throughput the [[New Deal]].
The first [[federal]] anti-lynching legislation was introduced by Republicans in 1905 and overcame Democrat [[filibuster]]s in 1922 and was signed into law by Republican President [[Warren Harding]]. Democrat filibusters against strengthening the law continued however; President Franklin Roosevelt always opposed Republican civil rights bills and anti-lynching legislation throughput the [[New Deal]].
==See also==
==See also==