1938/01/01 by Jessie Daniel Ames · 1 voice · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Race, History, and American Society #American Political and Social Dynamics #Cuban History and Society
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/265154
openalex publication_date 1938/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Environment rather than personal inclination of editors determines the editorial treatment of lynchings, according to the results of a survey, begun in 1930, of editorials on lynchings in every one of thirteen Southern states. Mrs. Ames, who organized the Texas League of Women Voters, serving as its President for four years, has been Vice-Chairman of the Texas Commission on Interracial Cooperation and General Field Secretary of the Southern Commission on Interracial Cooperation. She is also Executive Director of the Central