The Lynching of 1930

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gave rise to the Civil Rights Section of justice department that facilitated the prosecution of any individual who participated in lynching African Americans. The fruits of the Civil Rights Section Department were sown in 1946 with the first lynching. Moreover, the civil movements advocated for laws that were to make lynching a federal crime in United States of America. The relentless efforts of the civil rights activists were supported by other international organizations. These groups provided the support that the civil activists needed in their activities that were geared toward eliminating the brutal lynching acts in America. Further, international organizations mounted pressure on the government of America to abandon the heinous lynching practices (Armstrong). In particular, lynching was seen as an embarrassment to America during the cold war. Propagandists exploited the opportunity presented by the international organization to publish articles that were embarrassing to the US government. In particular, the Civil rights Congress made a presentation to the United Nations titled “We Charge Genocide”. The presentation argued that the federal government had failed to act against lynching. Thus, the government was guilty under Article two of the United Nations Genocide Convention, which was against any form of killing of people. Increased pressure on the American government made it reconsider its decision on lynching acts. Time was ripe for it to rethink its actions

After a long struggle to abolish the lynching actions, the civil rights movements made an achievement. The US Congress passed a law that barred any person to punish a suspect or a convict through lynching. The struggle that began with the lynching of 1930 had yielded fruits finally. The civil rights movement finally had every reason to celebrate because their efforts had made the government rescind the decision to support lynching. Although the government of America abolished lynching, several cases were reported where people were lynched. However, the perpetrators of the lynching were taken to court and justice was delivered. Further, the United States Senate formally apologized to the public for failing to prevent the acts of lynching in previous decades. Thus, the lynching of 1930 represents many inhuman actions of white people to African Americans that led to the rise of civil war in America.

Work cited

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