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===Anti-Lynching Bill of 1934–35===

===Anti-Lynching Bill of 1934–35===

:{{main|Costigan–Wagner Act}}

:{{main|Costigan–Wagner Act}}

The next serious effort was the Costigan–Wagner Act proposed during the [[New Deal]] era. The sponsors were Senators Edward Costigan of Colorado and Robert Wagner of New York. The bill met the same fate as the Dyer bill at the hands of Democrats and was killed without having a definitive up or down vote. When it was first introduced in 1934, Democratic Majority Leader [[Joseph T. Robinson]] ignored Costigan's request to take it up, and when unanimous consent was asked before the chamber, Southern Democrat Ellison D. Smith and Kenneth McKellar blocked the motion.<ref>Greenbaum, Fred (1967). [https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-human-relations_third-quarter-1967_15_3 "The Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935: The Irony of "Equal Justice—Under Law"]," p. 76–77. Internet Archive. Retrieved December 3, 2022.</ref>

The next serious effort was the Costigan–Wagner Act proposed during the [[New Deal]] era, also known as the Anti-Lynching Bill of 1934 or Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935. The sponsors were Senators Edward Costigan of Colorado and Robert Wagner of New York. The bill met the same fate as the Dyer bill at the hands of Democrats and was killed without having a definitive up or down vote. When it was first introduced in 1934, Democratic Majority Leader [[Joseph T. Robinson]] ignored Costigan's request to take it up, and when unanimous consent was asked before the chamber, Southern Democrat Ellison D. Smith and Kenneth McKellar blocked the motion.<ref>Greenbaum, Fred (1967). [https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-human-relations_third-quarter-1967_15_3 "The Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935: The Irony of "Equal Justice—Under Law"]," p. 76–77. Internet Archive. Retrieved December 3, 2022.</ref>

When later reintroduced in 1935, a series of adjourning motions were plotted by Robinson to indefinitely stall the legislation; on May 1, after political trading materialized, several senators (including [[Harry Truman]]) switched sides towards the anti–civil rights forces and voted to adjourn the chamber, effectively killing the Act.<ref>"The Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935," p. 83.</ref>

When later reintroduced in 1935, a series of adjourning motions were plotted by Robinson to indefinitely stall the legislation; on May 1, after political trading materialized, several senators (including [[Harry Truman]]) switched sides towards the anti–civil rights forces and voted to adjourn the chamber, effectively killing the Act.<ref>"The Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935," p. 83.</ref>