The movement to prevent this practice gained steam after the People's Grocery incident involving Thomas Moss, which occurred in a neighborhood called the Curve.
The movement to prevent this practice gained steam after the People's Grocery incident involving Thomas Moss, which occurred in a neighborhood called the Curve. One legislative attempt to curb this practice was a bill sponsored by Colorado Senator Edward Costigan and New York Senator Robert Wagner, which was introduced a second time after a case involving Claude Neal, but still failed to pass. Another law dealing with this practice was introduced by Leonidas Dyer, who had been influenced by the Silent Parade of 1917, a march down the FifthAvenue of Manhattan. Several studies on this practice, such as The Red Record, were released by Ida Wells-Barnett. The American Crusade against this practice was founded by actor Paul Robeson. For 10 points, name this practice protested by Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit," a form of mob violence once prominent in the South.
The movement to prevent this practice gained steam after the People's Grocery incident involving Thomas Moss, which occurred in a neighborhood called the Curve.
lynching [accept  anti-lynching movement, prompt descriptive answers such as mob violence]