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The '''Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill''', commonly known as the '''Dyer Bill''', was [[anti-lynching legislation]] introduced in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1918<ref name=blackpast>Jager, Steven J. (August 19, 2012). [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/dyer-anti-lynching-bill-1922/ Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (1922)]. ''BlackPast''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref> by "Old Guard"<ref>China Monthly Review (1932). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millard_s_Review_of_the_Far_East/9T4_AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=leonidas+dyer+%22old+guard%22&dq=leonidas+dyer+%22old+guard%22&printsec=frontcover Millard's Review of the Far East: Vol. 62], p. 505. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref> Republican congressman Leonidas C. Dyer of [[Missouri]]'s 12th congressional district, among the regions in the U.S. plagued with antiblack race riots in the late 1910s. Although eventually passing the House in 1922 with rallying support by the [[NAACP]], it faced opposition in the [[U.S. Senate]] by Southern Democrats who, with the aid of progressive Republican maverick [[William E. Borah]], effectively blocked the legislation over weak support by the Republican majority.<ref name=walterwhiteproject>[https://scalar.usc.edu/nehvectors/stakeman/dyer-anti-lynching-bill Dyer Anti-lynching Bill]. ''The Walter White Project''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref>

The '''Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill''', commonly known as the '''Dyer Bill''', was [[anti-lynching legislation]] introduced in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1918<ref name=blackpast>Jager, Steven J. (August 19, 2012). [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/dyer-anti-lynching-bill-1922/ Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (1922)]. ''BlackPast''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref> by "Old Guard"<ref>China Monthly Review (1932). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millard_s_Review_of_the_Far_East/9T4_AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=leonidas+dyer+%22old+guard%22&dq=leonidas+dyer+%22old+guard%22&printsec=frontcover Millard's Review of the Far East: Vol. 62], p. 505. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref> Republican congressman Leonidas C. Dyer of [[Missouri]]'s 12th congressional district, among the regions in the U.S. plagued with antiblack race riots in the late 1910s. Although eventually passing the House in 1922 with rallying support by the [[NAACP]], it faced opposition in the [[U.S. Senate]] by Southern Democrats who, with the aid of progressive Republican maverick [[William Borah]], effectively blocked the legislation over weak support by the Republican majority.<ref name=walterwhiteproject>[https://scalar.usc.edu/nehvectors/stakeman/dyer-anti-lynching-bill Dyer Anti-lynching Bill]. ''The Walter White Project''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref>

President [[Warren G. Harding]], despite his reported "lack of familiarity" on the decibel levels of racist atrocities facing black people nationwide as a result of Progressive Era–inspired repressions,<ref>Francis, Megan Ming (April 21, 2014). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Civil_Rights_and_the_Making_of_the_Moder/VzQZAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=warren+harding+anti-lynching&printsec=frontcover Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State], p. 82. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref> persistently endorsed the Dyer Bill during the [[United States presidential election, 1920|1920 U.S. presidential election]]<ref>October 21. [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harding-publicly-condemns-lynching This Day In History: President Harding publicly condemns lynching]. ''History Channel''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref> and afterwards, vowing to sign it the moment it reaches his desk if passed by Congress.<ref name=tarbert>Tarbert, Jesse (2022). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/When_Good_Government_Meant_Big_Governmen/Z9UuEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+borah+dyer+bill&pg=PT64&printsec=frontcover When Good Government Meant Big Government: The Quest to Expand Federal Power, 1913–1933]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref>

President [[Warren G. Harding]], despite his reported "lack of familiarity" on the decibel levels of racist atrocities facing black people nationwide as a result of Progressive Era–inspired repressions,<ref>Francis, Megan Ming (April 21, 2014). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Civil_Rights_and_the_Making_of_the_Moder/VzQZAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=warren+harding+anti-lynching&printsec=frontcover Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State], p. 82. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref> persistently endorsed the Dyer Bill during the [[United States presidential election, 1920|1920 U.S. presidential election]]<ref>October 21. [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harding-publicly-condemns-lynching This Day In History: President Harding publicly condemns lynching]. ''History Channel''. Retrieved May 28, 2023.</ref> and afterwards, vowing to sign it the moment it reaches his desk if passed by Congress.<ref name=tarbert>Tarbert, Jesse (2022). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/When_Good_Government_Meant_Big_Governmen/Z9UuEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+borah+dyer+bill&pg=PT64&printsec=frontcover When Good Government Meant Big Government: The Quest to Expand Federal Power, 1913–1933]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 31, 2023.</ref>