A second anti-lynching bill failed, even though it would not have made lynching a federal crime.

He sponsored an anti-lynching bill in 1937.

Walter White was also a strong proponent and supporter of anti-lynching bills.

By 1940, its followers had gathered 250,000 signatures in favor of an anti-lynching bill that Father Divine had written.

Once there he actively opposed anti-poll-tax and anti-lynching bills, helping to lead a notorious filibuster against the latter in 1938.

His first speech in the Senate was against an anti-lynching bill.

As a senator, Black filibustered an anti-lynching bill.

By 1940, his followers had gathered 250,000 signatures in favor of an anti-lynching bill he wrote.

The national attention received by Dyer's anti-lynching bill and speaking campaign may have helped reduce lynchings in the South.

Chandler upset many in the black community by voting against an anti-lynching bill soon after taking office.