Ida B Wells Anti-Lynching Movement

From the late 1800s to the late 1900s, lynching was a prominent atrocity in the Southern American Society. As Ida B. Wells once said “our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.” Although there were many terrible cases of this, many notable anti-lynching activists, like Ida B. Wells, arose in an attempt to end the unlawful killings of African Americans. Along with this, many historical sites have been created and a memorial is in the process of being built to honor those who were slain during these devastating times.
Although many people were apart of lynchings, there were also many people against it. Ida B. Wells was one of the first major activists against lynching. She followed the example shown by many of the slavery abolitionist that came

The Anti-Lynching Campaign of the 1930’s took a more legislative approach to the issue of lynching (The National Endowment for the Humanities). After the failure of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in 1918 due to the filibuster by Southern senators, the NAACP focused on passing a new anti-lynching bill (NAACP). They were able to gain the support of a few senators who in turn sponsored the Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill. This would impose fines on counties who had lynching and allowed the federal government to prosecute lynching who the state refused to prosecute. President Franklin D. Roosevelt endorsed this bill. This bill, however, was unable to be based on questions of its unconstitutionality. Following the failure of the Costigan- Wagner Bill, the NAACP encouraged the House of Representatives to release the Gavagan Bill. This bill was the House’s version of Costigan- Wagner Bill. However, this bill was also a failure as many southern senators filibustered it (The National Endowment for the