The Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act, which would make lynching a hate crime under federal law, now heads to President Biden's desk. The Senate unanimously passed the bill on Monday. Congress has failed to pass anti-lynching legislation over 200 times.... This includes kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to kidnap, abuse, or kill.A perpetrator can be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for lynching alone, raising the maximum sentence by 20 years from previous versions of the leg

Calif., signs H.R.55, the" Emmett Till Antilynching Act" which designates lynching as a hate crime under

President Joe Biden will sign the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act into law Tuesday, making lynching a hate crime under federal law. Congress failed to pass anti-lynching legislation over 200 times before the bill finally moved forward this year.... The bill is the first legislation of its kind in more than 100 years that will be signed into law. Lynchings were used to murder and terrorize the Black community in the U.S., predominantly in the South, from the 1880s to 1960s, the NAACP states.... T

It only hides, it hides under the rocks.... Given just a little bit of oxygen it comes roaring back out, screaming.... What stops it is all of us, not a few.” The law designates lynching as a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison....

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