The Congress ought to exercise all its powers of prevention and punishment against the hideous crime of lynching, of which the negroes are by no means the sole sufferers, but for which they furnish a majority of the victims.
Coolidge calls for Congress to take action against lynching, highlighting its impact on African Americans.
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You have been, I think, quite successful in interpreting the administration to the country.
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