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{{cquote|I want to thank the Democrats of the South for one thing. They were so barbaric they drove my parents to the North. If it had not been for that I wouldn’t be in Congress today. I’ve been Jim Crowed, segregated, persecuted, and I think I know how best the Negro can put a stop to being imposed upon. It is through the ballot, through organization, through eternally fighting for his rights.}}

{{cquote|I want to thank the Democrats of the South for one thing. They were so barbaric they drove my parents to the North. If it had not been for that I wouldn’t be in Congress today. I’ve been Jim Crowed, segregated, persecuted, and I think I know how best the Negro can put a stop to being imposed upon. It is through the ballot, through organization, through eternally fighting for his rights.}}

De Priest pushed for [[anti-lynching legislation]] and the desegregation of the House diner.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Although both measures did not pass, he did successfully introduce an amendment which desegregated the 1933 [[Civilian Conservation Corps]]. De Priest also said on the House floor regarding the injustices blacks faced:<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>

De Priest pushed for [[anti-lynching legislation]].<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> [[FDR]] always opposed the federal anti-lynching law.

Although both measures did not pass, he did successfully introduce an amendment which desegregated the 1933 [[Civilian Conservation Corps]]. De Priest also said on the House floor regarding the injustices blacks faced:<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>

{{cquote|...I am making these remarks because I want you to know that the American Negro is not satisfied with the treatment he receives in America, and I know of no forum where I can better present the matter than the floor of Congress.}}

{{cquote|...I am making these remarks because I want you to know that the American Negro is not satisfied with the treatment he receives in America, and I know of no forum where I can better present the matter than the floor of Congress.}}

:{{See also|Jim Crow}}

:{{See also|Jim Crow}}

In 1933, the Democrats won an overwhelming majority in the House, picking up 97 seats, bringing their total to 313. On the Republican side De Priest was re-elected.  The Democrats changed the House Rules to conform with their wishes.  The Democratic chairman of the new Congress' Committee on Accounts, Rep. Lindsay Warren, ordered a De Priest staffer and his son to be thrown out of the House Democrats' whites-only cafeteria. There was a separate facility for blacks in the basement. De Priest introduced a resolution calling for an investigation. On the House floor, De Priest refuted Warren's claim that African-Americans had always been banned from the restaurant, recalling that he and other black patrons had frequented the House cafeteria. De Priest implored his colleagues to support the resolution, remarking, {{quotebox-float|“If we allow segregation and the denial of [[constitutional rights]] under the [[U.S. Capitol building|Dome of the Capitol]], where in God’s name will we get them? If we allow this challenge to go without correcting it, it will set an example where people will say Congress itself approves of segregation.”<ref>https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DE-PRIEST,-Oscar-Stanton-(D000263)/</ref>}}  

In 1933, the Democrats won an overwhelming majority in the House, picking up 97 seats, bringing their total to 313. On the Republican side De Priest was re-elected.  The Democrats changed the House Rules to conform with their wishes.  The Democratic chairman of the new Congress' Committee on Accounts, Rep. Lindsay Warren, ordered a De Priest staffer and his son to be thrown out of the House Democrats' whites-only cafeteria. There was a separate facility for blacks in the basement. De Priest introduced a resolution calling for an investigation. On the House floor, De Priest refuted Warren's claim that African-Americans had always been banned from the restaurant, recalling that he and other black patrons had frequented the House cafeteria. De Priest implored his colleagues to support the resolution, remarking, {{quotebox-float|“If we allow segregation and the denial of [[constitutional rights]] under the [[U.S. Capitol building|Dome of the Capitol]], where in God’s name will we get them? If we allow this challenge to go without correcting it, it will set an example where people will say Congress itself approves of segregation.”<ref>https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DE-PRIEST,-Oscar-Stanton-(D000263)/</ref>}}  

The effort to desegregate the Democrat-controlled House cafeteria was defeated. [[Civil rights]] were not on the [[New Deal]] Democrats agenda. FDR always opposed the federal [[anti-lynching law]].

The effort to desegregate the Democrat-controlled House cafeteria was defeated. [[Civil rights]] were not on the [[New Deal]] Democrats agenda.

==See also==

==See also==