Tag: antilynching

President Joe Biden signed legislation making lynching a federal hate crime. The bill is named for Emmett Till, the Black child killed in 1955 after…

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Deborah Watts, Emmett Till’s cousin, weigh in on the long-awaited bill that declares lynching a federal hate crime. source

After years of efforts, the Senate unanimously passed legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime. ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at 7EST &…