Senate Unanimously Approves Emmett Till Antilynching Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (03-07-22) — The U.S. Senate passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 on Monday night by unanimous consent, making lynching a federal hate crime and explicitly criminalizing a heinous act that has become a symbol of our history's racial violence. After more than a century and 200 failed attempts to pass [...]