Hon. Theodore E. Burton takes a definite stand on race prejudice and lynching
Cleveland, OH: Burton for Senator Committee, [1928]. Four-panel brochure, very good. Issued during Burton's 1928 Senate campaign, which was successful. However, he died less than a year into his term.
“Mr. Burton has for many years received the almost unanimous vote of colored people, recognition of the fact that he has never shown discrimination as to color or creed. He has appreciated this evidence of friendship and confidence. In return he has, whenever possible, stood for those things which tended to fair treatment and the advancement of the Negro race.”
Quotes from a speech the Republican lawmaker gave in Congress when the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill was before the House: "Of the gravity of the evil there can be no question. Lynching is the darkest blot upon an otherwise splendid civilization. Notwithstanding our advancement and our proud position among the nations, this crime prevails only in the United States. In the olden times, patriarchs and chiefs had the power of life and death, but it was exercised under crude form of law or authority. There is only one crime to be compared with Lynching, and that is cannibalism.”.
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