Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill
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The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill was first introduced in the 65th United States Congress by Representative Leonidas C. Dyer, a Republican from St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States House of Representat
Leonidas C. Dyer, Republican representative from Missouri, sponsor of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.
1922 NAACP advertisement attempted to raise awareness about the lynching epidemic and the proposed Dyer anti-lynching bill.
US House of Representatives Report No. 452 (1921)
Edward P. Costigan
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Edward Prentiss Costigan was a Democratic Party politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937. He was a founding member of the Progressive Party in Colorado in 1912
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill
…and proclaiming that lynchings were an issue that should be left for states to deal with. Attempts to pass similar legislation took a halt until the Costigan-Wagner Bill of 1934. Subsequent bills followed but failed due to powerful opposition from Southern senators; it was not until 2022 that both chambers of Congress…
Costigan in 1915
Mabel Cory Costigan, Representative Women of Colorado, 1914