Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation and after dozens of similar efforts were defeated.The measure was approved 410 to 4 on Wednesday in the House and now goes to the White House, […]
