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The American Crusade Against Lynching (ACAL) was an organization, created in 1946 and headed by Paul Robeson, dedicated to eliminating lynching in the United States. A strong advocate of the Civil Rights Movement, Robeson believed "a fraternity must be established in which success and achievement are recognized and those deserving receive the respect, honor and dignity due them." In his speech "The New Idealism" delivered in Rutgers College Valedictory Address, Robeson supported the idea that all, both colored and white people, need to take part in the creation of the new "American Idealism," which lead to the development of the American Crusade Against Lynching.

Organization
The ACAL was first introduced at a "monster rally" in Madison Square Garden on September 12. The organization however was officially launched at the nation's capital on September 23(the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation).

History
The ACAL was initially denied support and was refused sponsorship by the NAACP. The NAACP viewed the ACAL as a campaign that was a "competition" to their antiviolence movement. The ACAL however, was recognized and supported by W.E.B Du Bois. Du Bois along with liberal attorney, Bartley Crum, joined Robeson in his "crusade call" and endorsed the ACAL campaign. In support of the ACAL, Du Bois stated to the NAACP that "the fight against mob law is the monopoly of no one person, no one organization." Along with Du Bois, Ida B. Wells used journalistic approaches to condemn lynchings.

One of the most prominent leaders of the Anti-Lynching Crusade, Mary Burnett Talbert of Bufalo, New York, worked with an executive committee of 15 members and the support of over 700 state workers to provide awareness of lynchings in The United States. The main objective of this organization was to "unite a million women [both colored and white]to stop lynchings." Under Talbert's representation, the organization performed a "short,sharp" campaign that ended on January 1,1923. This campiagn received attention as it provided a list of casualites totaling 83 American women who have been lynched by mobs in addition to 3,353 men within 30 years. Under Talbert's representation, the organization wrote a letter which lead to an endorsement by the executive committee of the National Council of Women.