Sumners speaking against civil rights in the U.S. Congress including giving women the vote.
Sumners spoke out against every measure that would advance human rights including giving women the vote. These are the links to the ten times he opposed civil rights in the U.S. House and once in testifying before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committeee. At the bottom of this page is a document of some extracts of some of his speeches for a quick overview of his racist speechs in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sumners two most notorious speeches, against federal anti-lynching legislation in 1922 and 1937 are at the main Hatton Sumners page http://templeofdemocracy.com/hatton-w-sumners.html Sumners later in 1944 in letters to supporters would brag how his speeches lead to discrediting federal anti-lynching legislation making it easier to have them blocked in the U.S. Senate.
- Speaking against woman's suffrage in the U.S. House in 1915 http://templeofdemocracy.com/against-womens-suffrage.html
- Speaking out for the preservation of Jim Crow Railroad Cars in 1919 http://templeofdemocracy.com/for-jim-crow-railroad-cars.html
- Testifying against federal anti-lynching legislation before the U.S. Senate Judicary Committee 1934 http://templeofdemocracy.com/senate-judiciary-testimoney.html
- Speaking against federal anti-lynching legislation in the U.S. House 1940 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1940-against-anti-lynching-legislation.html
- Speaking against federal legislation abolishing the poll tax in the U.S. House 1942 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1942-sumners-poll-tax.html
- Speaking against federal legislation abolishing the poll tax in the U.S. House in 1943 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1943-sumners-poll-tax.html
- Denounces civil rights efforts as being divisive and undermining the war effort in the U.S. House 1944 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1944-civil-rights-are-divisive-during-war-time.html
- Telegram Read in the U.S. House denouncing the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) in 1944 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1944-telegram-denouncing-fepc.html
- Denouncing in the U.S. House the Fair Employment Practices Committee 1944 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1944-fepc-denounced.html
- Speaking against federal legislation abolishing the poll tax in 1945 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1945-poll-tax.html
- Speaking against the funding of the Fair Employment Practices Committee in the U.S. House 1945 http://templeofdemocracy.com/1945-opposition-to-fepc.html
Extracts from Some of Hatton Sumners Racist speeches
Instead of reading all of Sumners' speeches this sample of extracts give you a fairly good idea of Sumners' racist ideas and strategies in preventing civil rights and federal anti-lynching legislation.