President Biden signs “Emmett Till Antilynching Act,” making lynching a federal hate crime

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On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R. 55, the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act,” which makes lynching a federal hate crime. Black 14-year-old teenager Emmett Till was lynched in 1955 for allegedly making sexual advances on a … Read More