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At the turn of the 20th century, southern states passed new constitutions or [[Jim Crow]] laws which effectively disenfranchised most blacks and  established [[segregation]] of public facilities by race/ Nearly 3,500 Blacks and 1,300 [[white]]s were lynched between 1882 and 1968.<ref>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp/lynchingsstate.html Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882–1968.] Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute. University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100629081241/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp/lynchingsstate.html]</ref>

At the turn of the 20th century, southern states passed new constitutions or [[Jim Crow]] laws which effectively disenfranchised most blacks and  established [[segregation]] of public facilities by race/ Nearly 3,500 Blacks and 1,300 [[white]]s were lynched between 1882 and 1968.<ref>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp/lynchingsstate.html Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882–1968.] Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute. University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100629081241/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp/lynchingsstate.html]</ref>

Former [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[James F. Byrnes]], appointed by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and later [[Secretary of State]] under President [[Harry Truman]] said, "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."<ref>https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html</ref>  Franklin Roosevelt appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. Franklin Roosevelt always opposed Republican civil rights bills and anti-lynching legislation.

Former [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[James F. Byrnes]], appointed by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and later [[Secretary of State]] under President [[Harry Truman]] said, "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."<ref>https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html</ref>  Franklin Roosevelt appointed [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Wizard [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court.

 

The first [[federal]] anti-lynching legislation was introduced by Republicans in 1905 and overcame Democrat [[filibuster]]s in 1922.  It was signed into law by Republican President [[Warren Harding]] in 1922.  Democrat filibusters against strengthening the law continued however, and President Franklin Roosevelt always opposed Republican civil rights bills and anti-lynching legislation throughput the [[New Deal]].

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