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Despite not openly being a racial demagogue, Long nevertheless was a racist who opposed anti-lynching legislation. In an interview with Roy Wilkins when asked about the Costigan-Wagner bill and the Franklinton lynching, he said:<ref>[https://spartacus-educational.com/USAcostiganwagner.htm Costigan-Wagner Act]. ''Spartacus Educational''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>

Despite not openly being a racial demagogue, Long nevertheless was a racist who opposed anti-lynching legislation. In an interview with Roy Wilkins when asked about the Costigan-Wagner bill and the Franklinton lynching, he said:<ref>[https://spartacus-educational.com/USAcostiganwagner.htm Costigan-Wagner Act]. ''Spartacus Educational''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>

{{quotebox|You mean down in Washington parish? Oh, that? That one slipped up on us. Too bad, but those slips will happen. You know while I was governor there were no lynchings and since this man (Governor Allen) has been in he hasn't had any. (There have been 7 lynchings in Louisiana in the last two years.) This one slipped up. I can't do nothing about it. No sir. Can't do the dead n**** no good. Why, if I tried to go after those lynchers it might cause a hundred more n*****s to be killed. You wouldn't want that, would you?}}

{{quotebox|You mean down in Washington parish? Oh, that? That one slipped up on us. Too bad, but those slips will happen. You know while I was governor there were no lynchings and since this man (Governor Allen) has been in he hasn't had any. (There have been 7 lynchings in Louisiana in the last two years.) This one slipped up. I can't do nothing about it. No sir. Can't do the dead n**** no good. Why, if I tried to go after those lynchers it might cause a hundred more n*****s to be killed. You wouldn't want that, would you?}}

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