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  2. Racism in sport - Wikipedia

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    Racism in sports has been a prevalent issue throughout the world. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) released a report in 2007 [ 1 ] stating that racial abuse and vilification are commonplace in international sports, in places such as Australia, Europe, and America.

  3. 'A new version of lynching': Why the cases of two Black RI ...

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    Scholars have called capital punishment as "legal lynching," with the overlapping history of the peak of lynching with the rise of the death penalty. 'A new version of lynching': Why the cases of ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. A lynching scarred this Georgia county. Is it willing to ...

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    The lynching The tombstone of Mae Crow in Forsyth County's Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Three Black men were accused in 1912 of beating, raping and killing her, with little evidence.

  7. They're banned from coaching Olympic sports. Why are they ...

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    An NBC News review found at least 20 people who appear to be working with kids even though they were barred from participating in Olympic-affiliated events following abuse allegations.

  8. Anti-lynching movement - Wikipedia

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    Lynching was used as a tool to repress African Americans. [1] The anti-lynching movement reached its height between the 1890s and 1930s. The first recorded lynching in the United States was in 1835 in St. Louis, when an accused killer of a deputy sheriff was captured while being taken to jail.

  9. House passes bill to make lynching a federal hate crime - AOL

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    The House passed legislation Monday that would make lynching a federal crime after lawmakers failed to pass anti-lynching bills more than 200 times since 1900.