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[[File:FDRoosevelt by Perskie.png|thumb|right|230px|President Roosevelt lashed out at the leader of the NAACP when asked to support [[anti-lynching legislation]].]]

[[File:FDRoosevelt by Perskie.png|thumb|right|230px|President Roosevelt lashed out at the leader of the NAACP when asked to support [[anti-lynching legislation]].]]

The '''Costigan–Wagner Act''', also known as the '''Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935''',<ref group=note>It was introduced in both 1934 and '35, though the prominent debates and public attention occurred in the latter, and therefore it's not as commonly referred to as the "Anti-Lynching Bill of 1934."</ref> was proposed federal legislation in 1934 which aimed to prevent lynchings in the United States by imposing punishments for law enforcement officials who failed to stop them.<ref>January 5, 1934. [https://www.nytimes.com/1934/01/05/archives/antilynching-bill-offered-in-senate-costiganwagner-plan-paves-way.html ANTI-LYNCHING BILL OFFERED IN SENATE; Costigan-Wagner Plan Paves Way to Jail Officers Who Fail Against Mobs. WOULD FINE COUNTY $1,000 Money Would Go to Victim's Kin -- Cummings Is Not Backing a Lynching Measure.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 1, 2022.</ref> Introduced by U.S. senators Robert F. Wagner and Edward P. Costigan, it garnered support from Republicans and a minority faction of Democrats, though failed due to an obstruction by Southerners in addition to the overt lack of support by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], who was more concerned with passing liberal [[New Deal]] programs than addressing white supremacist terrorism.<ref name=wapo>Masur, Louis P. (December 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/28/why-it-took-century-pass-an-anti-lynching-law/ Why it took a century to pass an anti-lynching law]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 1, 2022.</ref>

The '''Costigan–Wagner Act''', also known as the '''Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935''',<ref group=note>It was introduced in both 1934 and '35, though the prominent debates and public attention occurred in the latter, and therefore it's not as commonly referred to as the "Anti-Lynching Bill of 1934."</ref> was proposed federal legislation in 1934 which aimed to prevent lynchings in the United States by imposing punishments for law enforcement officials who failed to stop them.<ref>January 5, 1934. [https://www.nytimes.com/1934/01/05/archives/antilynching-bill-offered-in-senate-costiganwagner-plan-paves-way.html ANTI-LYNCHING BILL OFFERED IN SENATE; Costigan-Wagner Plan Paves Way to Jail Officers Who Fail Against Mobs. WOULD FINE COUNTY $1,000 Money Would Go to Victim's Kin -- Cummings Is Not Backing a Lynching Measure.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 1, 2022.</ref> Introduced by U.S. senators Robert F. Wagner and Edward P. Costigan, it garnered support from Republicans and a minority faction of Democrats, though failed due to an obstruction by Southerners in addition to the overt lack of support by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], who was more concerned with passing liberal [[New Deal]] programs than addressing white supremacist terrorism.<ref name=wapo>Masur, Louis P. (December 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/28/why-it-took-century-pass-an-anti-lynching-law/ Why it took a century to pass an anti-lynching law]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 1, 2022.</ref>