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  2. Lynching in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A graph of lynchings in the US by victim race and year [1] The body of George Meadows, lynched near the Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, on January 15, 1889 Bodies of three African American men lynched in Habersham County, Georgia, on May 17, 1892 Six African American men lynched in Lee County, Georgia, on January 20, 1916 (retouched photo due to material deterioration) Lynching of ...

  3. Emmett Till Antilynching Act - Wikipedia

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    Then-Senator Kamala Harris debates in support of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act on June 5, 2020.. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is a United States federal law which defines lynching as a federal hate crime, increasing the maximum penalty to 30 years imprisonment for several hate crime offences.

  4. Justice for Victims of Lynching Act - Wikipedia

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    The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018 was a proposed bill to classify lynching (defined as bodily injury on the basis of perceived race, color, religion or nationality) a federal hate crime in the United States. The largely symbolic bill aimed to recognize and apologize for historical governmental failures to prevent lynching in the ...

  5. Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act Signed into Law

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    President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is ...

  6. Biden signs anti-lynching law a century after it was first ...

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    Stepping to a lectern on a frigid afternoon after he signed the bill into law, Biden spoke about the history of lynching in America and the long process of outlawing it, addressing Till’s loved ...

  7. House passes anti-lynching bill after more than 200 failed ...

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    After more than 200 failed attempts since 1900, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a The post House passes anti-lynching bill after more than 200 failed attempts appeared first on TheGrio.

  8. Lynching - Wikipedia

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    Cutler, James E., Lynch-Law: An Investigation Into the History of Lynching in the United States (New York, 1905) Dray, Philip, At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America, New York: Random House, 2002. Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877. 119–23.

  9. Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill - Wikipedia

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    Leonidas C. Dyer, Republican representative from Missouri, sponsor of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.. The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (1918) was first introduced in the 65th United States Congress by Representative Leonidas C. Dyer, a Republican from St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States House of Representatives as H.R. 11279 [1] in order "to protect citizens of the United States against ...