US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bill finally making racist lynchings a federal hate crime, ending more than a century of delays in outlawing the symbol of what he called 'pure terror'.
US President Joe Biden signed into law a bill finally making racist lynchings a federal hate crime, joined at the ceremony by Vice President Kamala Harris and Michelle Duster.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bill finally making racist lynchings a federal hate crime, ending more than a century of delays in outlawing the symbol of what he called"pure terror". Biden was joined at the Rose Garden ceremony by Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman in the post, and Michelle Duster, the great-granddaughter of pioneering black journalist and anti-lynching campaigner Ida B Wells.
The Senate unanimously passed the bill earlier this month, with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer saying that the long delay in agreeing on a federal measure had been"a stain on America"
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