Resolution on Race Riots and Lynchings.
Title
Resolution on Race Riots and Lynchings.
Creator
Journal of the Senate.
Identifier
R092219
Date
1919 September 22
Description
Proceedings of the US Senate regarding a proposed investigation of lynchings and race riots.
Source
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America 66th Congress, 1st Session: 1919 p. 210; DC Location, rm. 203
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
JOURNAL OF THE SENATE.
RACE RIOTS AND LYNCHINGS.
Mr. Curtis submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed at as early a date as possible, by subcommittee, to investigate the race riots in the city of Washington, D. C., and other cities in the United States, and to investigate lynchings which have occurred in different parts of the United States, and to ascertain as far as possible the causes for such race riots and lynchings and report what remedy or remedies should be employed to prevent the recurrence of the same. Said subcommittee shall have power to have meetings in any part of the United States, to call and examine witnesses, to examine papers, and to take such action as may be necessary to secure the facts.
RACE RIOTS AND LYNCHINGS.
Mr. Curtis submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed at as early a date as possible, by subcommittee, to investigate the race riots in the city of Washington, D. C., and other cities in the United States, and to investigate lynchings which have occurred in different parts of the United States, and to ascertain as far as possible the causes for such race riots and lynchings and report what remedy or remedies should be employed to prevent the recurrence of the same. Said subcommittee shall have power to have meetings in any part of the United States, to call and examine witnesses, to examine papers, and to take such action as may be necessary to secure the facts.
Files
Collection
Citation
Journal of the Senate., “Resolution on Race Riots and Lynchings.,” 1919 September 22, R092219, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.