Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till
The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation.
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The brutal Emmett Till murder case is being reopened. Here’s what we know
Based on new information, the Justice Department is reopening the investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, the African-American boy whose brutal killing by two white men in Mississippi became a galvanizing event that helped spark the civil rights…
Congress sends bill to Obama on civil rights-era killings
Congress has sent legislation to President Barack Obama's desk that would continue reviews of racially motivated killings in the civil rights era that are now cold cases.
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Veteran Journalist Ed Bradley Dies of Leukemia Complications at Age 65
"60 Minutes" correspondent Ed Bradley died Wednesday night in a Manhattan hospital of complications resulting from chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A pioneering black journalist, Bradley won 19 Emmys for his work.
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