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The Northwest Enterprise
Seattle, King County, Washington
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In a Washington, D.C. House Democrats caucus on July 28, Reps. Clark of North Carolina and Rankin of Mississippi interrupted Rep. Joseph Gavagan of New York's plea for a vote on the anti-lynching bill, causing a brief flare-up. Rankin previously defended lynching in a 1937 speech after a Duck Hill, Miss. incident.
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Washington, D. C.-A harmony caucus of House Democrats July 28 was interrupted with a brief, sharp flare-up on the anti-lynching bill when Reps. Clark of North Carolina and Rankin of Mississippi interrupted a plea by Rep. Joseph Gavagan of New York, sponsor of the anti-lynching bill to a vote.
Gavagan's reply was lost in the general hubbub over the interruption. It will be remembered that Rankin of Mississippi made one of the worst race-hating speeches ever heard in the House in April 1937, defending lynching, only a day after a double blow-torch lynching of two colored men at Duck Hill, Miss., by asking him why, if he wanted party harmony, was he pressing the bill
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Washington, D. C.
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July 28
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brief flare-up and general hubbub; gavagan's reply lost in interruption
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Harmony caucus of House Democrats interrupted by Reps. Clark and Rankin interrupting sponsor Rep. Gavagan's plea for a vote on the anti-lynching bill. Reference to Rankin's April 1937 race-hating speech defending lynching after Duck Hill, Miss. incident involving two colored men.