February - 2020

Feb 26, 2020

Congress Makes Lynching Federal Crime, 65 Years After Emmett Till

Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a...

Feb 26, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

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Feb 26, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

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Feb 25, 2020

Pioneering black lawmaker from NC finally getting his due in his native Bladen County

Full story - https://abc11.com/5956018/

Feb 25, 2020

A black lawmaker's anti-lynching bill failed 120 years ago. Now, the House may finally act.

This undated file photo shows Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, whose body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta...

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