History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1390 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hoover and Civil Rights
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The idea
Hoover refused the NAACP's plea for a federal anti-lynching law, arguing that education and assimilation, not federal law, would do more for African Americans.
In practice
Lynchings rising while the federal government declined to act.
Where people slip
The anchor reports his refusal plainly. It sits beside the rise in lynchings recorded in this unit.
Your place on the trail
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