1909

W.E.B. Du Bois founds the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Among its early crusades is a movement for anti-lynching legislation. Using graphic leaflets, the NAACP highlights the proliferation of lynchings in the early years of the twentieth century, exposing their racial motivations and condemning authorities for failing to investigate them.

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1909
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