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Dyer Bill

In: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Edited by: Helen Taylor Greene & Shaun L. Gabbidon
Subject:Race, Ethnicity & Crime, Ethnic Studies
Keywords:Dyer Bill; lynching

The Dyer bill, proposed in 1918 by Congressman Leonidas Dyer of Missouri, was the first major attempt by Congress to eliminate the practice of lynching. The purpose of the bill was to hold state and local governments accountable for their support ...

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  Greene, H. T., & Gabbidon, S. L. (2009). Dyer bill. In Encyclopedia of race and crime (Vol. 1, pp. 249-250). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n103
  
  Greene, Helen T., and Shaun L. Gabbidon. "Dyer Bill." In Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, edited by Greene, Helen Taylor., and Shaun L. Gabbidon, 249-50. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n103.
  
  Greene, H. T. and Gabbidon, S. L. 2009. Dyer Bill. In: Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon Editors, 2009. Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 249-250 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n103> [Accessed 9 Aug 2022].
  
  Greene, Helen T. and Shaun L. Gabbidon. "Dyer Bill." Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 249-50. SAGE Knowledge. 9 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n103.
  
  Greene, Helen T., and Shaun L. Gabbidon (2009). Dyer bill In:Dyer bill Encyclopedia of race and crime Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2009:249-250. doi:10.4135/9781412971928.n103
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