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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) ASSOCIATION
OF SOUTHERN WOMEN FOR THE
PREVENTIONOFLYNCHING.
“Feeling
is Tense.”
Illustrated booklet, 20 pages
with a folding map.
Atlanta, 1938
[300/400]
An uncommon booklet from a group of
Southern women concerned about the number
of lynchings that had been on the rise once
again. The front cover shows a map of the U.S.
with a figure stating that in 1937 there were 8
lynchings versus 16 prevented. How this feat
was accomplished, and an account of all of the
lynchings by state is provided.
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(CIVIL RIGHTS—POLITICS.)
BUTLER, DAN.
Vote for Good Govern-
ment. . . ”Negro Votes I Don’t
Need,” said Dan Butler . . . Don’t be
Fooled!
Broadside, 9 x 6 inches, printed
on salmon-colored paper.
[Omaha, NE, circa 1945]
[300/400]
Dan Butler (1879-1953), Omaha political
figure, mayor and the subject of this broadside
was voted out of office in 1945, after more
than a quarter century of Omaha politics.
Butler was defeated by Charles Leeman who
was able to garner the Negro vote, after an inci-
dent in which a policeman kicked and beat a
colored woman.
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