Everything about Dyer Anti-lynching Bill totally explained
Proposed by
Representative L.C. Dyer, the
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill was an attempt to reduce or end completely the extremely high number of
lynchings occurring in the
United States since the end of World War I. President
Warren G. Harding announced his support for the bill during a speaking engagement in
Birmingham, Alabama. Although the bill passed the
House of Representatives in
1922, it was defeated in the
Senate due to a
filibuster. The bill would have made lynching a
felony and prescribed punishments for it, specifically:*(a) A maximum of 5 years in prison, $5000 fine, or both, for any state or city official who had the power to protect a person in its
jurisdiction but failed to do so
or who had the power to
prosecute those responsible and failed to do so.
- (b) A minimum of 5 years in prison for anyone who participated in a lynching, whether they were an ordinary citizen or the official responsible for keeping the victim safe.
- (c) $10,000 fine to be paid by the county in which the lynching took place, to be turned over to the victim’s family. If the victim was seized in one county and killed in another, both counties were to be fined.
On
June 132005, in an unprecedented resolution, the Senate formally apologized for its failure to enact this and other anti-lynching bills.
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