Bill, Anti-Lynching - Hattie Caraway Speech

 
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AR Politics - Hattie Caraway's anti-lynching bill speech
Bill, Anti-Lynching - Hattie Caraway Speech
AR Politics - Hattie Caraway's anti-lynching bill speech
AR Politics - Hattie Caraway's anti-lynching bill speech

Bill, Anti-Lynching - Hattie Caraway Speech

Object number2000.066.01
Date1938
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions9 x 5 3/4 in. (22.9 x 14.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House museum collection
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  • Speech
DescriptionSpeech by Hattie Caraway in reference to the Anti-Lynching Bill. Caraway states that race relations should be improved and that she despises law enforcement without due-process. However Caraway does not approve of the Anti lynching bill because she believes it targets the southern states, the state of Arkansas especially. She states that the bill is not needed in Arkansas because the state has not had a lynching in a year and cites a case in Crittenden County where the law was carried out despite rumors.

Dated 1/13/1938. 7 pages

Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was born on February 1, 1878 near Bakersville, Tennessee. Caraway married Thaddeus “Thad” Horatius Caraway of Clay County, Arkansas on February 5, 1902. Caraway focused on raising their three children while her husband began his political career in the United States House of Representatives. When Thad unexpectedly passed away in 1931, Caraway was appointed to fill his vacancy and served until 1945. She is most widely known for her work for the Equal Nationality Treaty of 1934 and the Equal Rights Amendment. Caraway died in January 1950 after suffering a stroke.
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