Romey: Reaction Activism

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Romey: Reaction Activism

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The injustice of the Romey's deaths hit Americans throughout the country from local citizens of Lake City, to anti-lynching organizations, and the Syrian-Lebanese-American community. In the months and years after their deaths Americans spoke out against the practice of lynching in America and called for an end to racial terror violence.

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1929-1931

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1931-12-11 Letter from the Southern Commision on the Study of Lynching to Florida Governor Carlton

A letter from Arthur Raper of the Souther Commission on the Study of Lynching to Florida Governor Carlton, dated December 11, 1931. The letter originally accompanied a copy of the commission's report.

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1931-08-31 Letter from K.I. Hamway to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Lynching

A letter from K.I. Hamway of Brooklyn, New York to Florida Governor Carlton, dated August 31, 1931, regarding outrage over white complicitcy and participation in lynchings in the South.

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1930-11-03 Telegram from "A Group of White Women" to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Lynching

A telegram from twenty-two women throughout the South to Florida Governor Carloton, dated November 3, 1930 expressing outrage over the sharp increase in lynching and urge Carlton and other governors to "erase this crime from the record of his state".

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1930-10-09 Letter from George Fort Milton to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding the Southern Commission for the Study of Lynching

A letter from George Fort Milton of Chattanooga, Tennessee to Florida Governor Carlton, dated October 9, 1930. Milton explains his participation in the efforts of the Commission and asks Carlton to assist the commission as well.

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