History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1554 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Roosevelt and Lynching
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The idea
Roosevelt was the first president to speak publicly against lynching, calling it a vile form of collective murder, the anchor records.
In practice
A president condemning lynching aloud while declining to back a bill against it.
Where people slip
Digital History records that he failed to support an anti-lynching bill or the abolition of the poll tax, fearing southern Democrats who controlled key committees.
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