Antilynching: Hearings ... on H.R. 259, 4123, and 11873. Serial No. 14. January 29. 19201920 - 65 páginas |
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... violence within the States , is already superseded by judicial decision . It is now determined by the highest authority that the United States has such power , when a Federal right or duty is invaded or involved . This principle is ...
... violence within the States , is already superseded by judicial decision . It is now determined by the highest authority that the United States has such power , when a Federal right or duty is invaded or involved . This principle is ...
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... violence ? Are the rights of property , or what a citizen shall drink , or the ages and conditions under which children shall work , any more important to the Nation than life itself ? I believe that Congress has ample power to enact ...
... violence ? Are the rights of property , or what a citizen shall drink , or the ages and conditions under which children shall work , any more important to the Nation than life itself ? I believe that Congress has ample power to enact ...
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... violence have become a national problem . President Wilson was aroused by the danger of mob violence to make a statement on July 26 , 1918 , in which he called the subject one which " vitally affects the honor of the nation and the very ...
... violence have become a national problem . President Wilson was aroused by the danger of mob violence to make a statement on July 26 , 1918 , in which he called the subject one which " vitally affects the honor of the nation and the very ...
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... violence creates hatred and intolerance , making impossible free and dispassionate discussion not only of race problems , but of all political prob- lems on which the races and sections of the country differ . 3. It is impossible to ...
... violence creates hatred and intolerance , making impossible free and dispassionate discussion not only of race problems , but of all political prob- lems on which the races and sections of the country differ . 3. It is impossible to ...
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... violence against aliens , in which they have been killed or grievously injured . And while in all these cases we denied any liability , Congress has generally made payments to those who were injured and to the families of those who were ...
... violence against aliens , in which they have been killed or grievously injured . And while in all these cases we denied any liability , Congress has generally made payments to those who were injured and to the families of those who were ...
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Página 38 - If two or more persons conspire to injure. oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or if two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured, they shall be fined not more than...
Página 32 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Página 32 - All persons born in Polish territory who are not born nationals of another State shall ipso facto become Polish nationals. ARTICLE 7. All Polish nationals shall be equal before the law, and shall enjoy the same civil and political rights without distinction as to race, language or religion.
Página 6 - ... of having and exercising any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators.
Página 7 - No State shall make or enforce a law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, . . . nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Página 22 - The entire strength of the nation may be used to enforce in any part of the land the full and free exercise of all national powers and the security of all rights entrusted by the Constitution to its care. The strong arm of the national government may be put forth to brush away all obstructions to the freedom of interstate commerce or the transportation of the mails. If the emergency arises, the army of the Nation, and all its militia, are at the service of the Nation to compel obedience to its laws.
Página 21 - Congress the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution' "' "all powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any department or officer thereof.
Página 6 - It is not easy to comprehend how it can be said that while every white man is entitled to a trial by a jury selected from persons of his own race or color, or, rather, selected without discrimination against his color, and a negro is not, the latter is equally protected by the law with the former.
Página 21 - Here again^ve are met with the theory that the government of the United States does not rest upon the soil and territory of the country. We think that this theory is founded on an entire misconception of the nature and powers of that government. We hold it to be an incontrovertible principle...
Página 6 - Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing to all persons within such State or Territory the equal protection of the laws...