NAACP Launches National Anti-Lynching Campaign Under James Weldon Johnson

Under James Weldon Johnson's executive leadership beginning in 1920, the NAACP mounted its most systematic national anti-lynching campaign, employing Walter White as an undercover investigator, producing detailed reports on racial violence, lobbying Congress through mass petitions, and organizing silent protest marches. The campaign directly produced the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.