The Emmett Till Antilynching Act (H.R. 55), legislation sponsored by U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 422–3. This bill designates lynching as a federal hate crime. More than 6,500 Americans were lynched between 1865 and 1950, according to a report from the Equal Justice Initiative. … Continued
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