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Congress Anti Lynching Bill Explainer

Nation Jun 29

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest

By Jay Reeves, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Nation Apr 22

Congress Anti Lynching Bill Explainer
Family seeks prosecution in 1955 kidnapping that led to the murder of Emmett Till

Carolyn Bryant Donham was named nearly 67 years ago in a warrant that accused her in Till's abduction, yet she was never arrested or brought to trial.

By Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Politics Mar 29

Congress Anti Lynching Bill Explainer
Watch 7:19
Biden signs law making lynching a federal hate crime

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act became law on Tuesday, a bipartisan step towards acknowledging the history of racial violence in the United States. Amna Nawaz reports on the law's significance and what it took to get here.

By Amna Nawaz, Tess Conciatori, Tyriana Evans

Politics Mar 29

U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive order on reducing government bureaucracy at the White House in Washington
WATCH: President Biden signs the Emmett Till anti-lynching bill into law

Biden acknowledged the long delay, stressing how the violent deaths of Black Americans were used to intimidate them and prevent them from voting simply because of their skin color.

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Nation Jan 12

Emmett Till was murdered near Money, Mississippi in 1955 at age 14. No one was ever convicted in connection to his death. Photo by Bettman/Getty Images
Senate passes bill to give Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and his mother

The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.

By Associated Press

Sep 16

Senators seek highest civilian honor for Emmett Till and his mother

By Associated Press

Till was a black teenager lynched in Mississippi in 1955 by white men who were later acquitted despite eyewitness testimony tying them to the killing. He had been accused of whistling at a white woman.

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Feb 26

Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

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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Jul 12

Watch 8:55
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…

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Dec 10

Congress sends bill to Obama on civil rights-era killings

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

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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Nov 09

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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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