The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which would make lynching a federal hate crime
WASHINGTON—The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a bill to make lynching a federal hate crime on Wednesday, bringing a legislative effort that has repeatedly failed in the past one step closer to becoming law.
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which passed on a 410-4 vote, is named for the 14-year-old black teenager from Chicago whose brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 helped spark the civil-rights movement. Two white men were tried for his murder but an all-white jury acquitted them.
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