Jerry Nadler: “In his farewell address to Congress, Representative George Henry White lamented the failure of his antilynching bill of…”

“In his farewell address to Congress, Representative George Henry White lamented the failure of his antilynching bill of 1900 to pass by observing that: ``During the last session of this Congress, I took occasion to address myself in detail to this particular measure, But with all of my efforts, the bill still sweetly sleeps in the room of the committee to which it was referred. The necessity of legislation along this line is daily being demonstrated. The arena of the lyncher no longer is confined to Southern climes, but is stretching its hydra head over all parts of the Union.'' Lynching no longer terrorizes African American communities as it once did, but we owe it to the memory of its thousands of victims to outlaw this racist and gruesome practice once and for all. Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation.”