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A ‘critical step toward justice’: Senate passes the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Chelsey Cox, USA TODAYComments Off on A ‘critical step toward justice’: Senate passes the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

The antilynching act will be the first of its kind signed into law. Lawmakers tried for 122 years to criminalize lynching on the federal level.

     
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