Senate Filibusters Federal Anti-Lynching Bill for Seventh Time

By 1948, the House of Representatives has passed anti-lynching bills three times — in 1922, 1937, and 1940 — all blocked by Senate filibuster led by Southern Democrats. Despite Truman's advocacy and the NAACP's decades-long campaign, Southern senators again prevent a floor vote in 1948. The pattern of House passage and Senate filibuster repeats throughout the 1950s. The United States does not pass a federal anti-lynching law until the Emmett Till Antilynching Act in 2022 — 74 years after Truman's advocacy.