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===Anti-Lynching Bill of 1940===

===Anti-Lynching Bill of 1940===

[[File:Hamilton S. Fish, III LOC portrait.png|thumb|left|180px|Rep. Hamilton Fish.]]

[[File:Hamilton S. Fish, III LOC portrait.png|thumb|left|180px|Rep. Hamilton Fish.]]

A few years later in 1940, Gavagan, along with [[conservative]] Republican colleague [[Hamilton Fish, III]], sponsored another anti-lynching bill, the Gavagan–Fish Act.<ref name=fdrkilledantilynching/> It was placed on the congressional calendar to be taken up for consideration in the session following holidays, and lauded by civil rights groups such as the [[NAACP]]. Following a sound vote in the affirmative, the Act was taken up in the U.S. Senate.

A few years later in 1940, Gavagan, along with [[conservative]] Republican colleague [[Hamilton Fish, III]], sponsored another anti-lynching bill, the [[Gavagan–Fish Act]].<ref name=fdrkilledantilynching/> It was placed on the congressional calendar to be taken up for consideration in the session following holidays, and lauded by civil rights groups such as the [[NAACP]]. Following a sound vote in the affirmative, the Act was taken up in the U.S. Senate.

Pending a Southern filibuster, Vice President [[John Nance Garner]] of [[Texas]] reversed his past opposition towards civil rights, expediently seeking Northern black support in the Democratic primary that year as he was preparing a presidential run against Roosevelt.<ref name=fdrkilledantilynching/> Although the press exposing Garner's true intents, civil rights forces welcomed the move as a potential deal-breaker to finally pass a federal anti-lynching law. Fish asserted that "[the American people] are entitled to know where President Roosevelt stands on the anti-lynching bill and what he proposes to do to help secure its passage in Congress," which Roosevelt declined to respond to.<ref name=fdrkilledantilynching/>

Pending a Southern filibuster, Vice President [[John Nance Garner]] of [[Texas]] reversed his past opposition towards civil rights, expediently seeking Northern black support in the Democratic primary that year as he was preparing a presidential run against Roosevelt.<ref name=fdrkilledantilynching/> Although the press exposing Garner's true intents, civil rights forces welcomed the move as a potential deal-breaker to finally pass a federal anti-lynching law. Fish asserted that "[the American people] are entitled to know where President Roosevelt stands on the anti-lynching bill and what he proposes to do to help secure its passage in Congress," which Roosevelt declined to respond to.<ref name=fdrkilledantilynching/>