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===Anti-Lynching Bill of 1937===

===Anti-Lynching Bill of 1937===

[[File:Joseph A. Gavagan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Anti-lynching bills introduced by [[Joseph A. Gavagan]] were stifled in the Senate.]]

[[File:Joseph A. Gavagan.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Anti-lynching bills introduced by Rep. [[Joseph A. Gavagan]] were stifled in the Senate.]]

:{{main|Gavagan–Van Nuys–Wagner Act}}

:{{main|Gavagan–Van Nuys–Wagner Act}}

[[File:Southern Democrat filibuster of anti-lynching legislation.png|thumb|right|330px|Southern senators (from left to right) [[Tom Connally]], [[Walter F. George]], [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], and [[Claude Pepper]] filibustering anti-lynching legislation in 1938.]]

[[File:Southern Democrat filibuster of anti-lynching legislation.png|thumb|right|330px|Southern senators (from left to right) [[Tom Connally]], [[Walter F. George]], [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], and [[Claude Pepper]] filibustering anti-lynching legislation in 1938.]]