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Emmett Till

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Congress passes Bobby Rush’s Emmett Till Antilynching Act

by South Side Weekly March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Congress passes Bobby Rush’s Emmett Till Antilynching Act Sixty-seven years after Chicago teenager Emmett Till’s murder in Mississippi, lynching will soon become a federal hate crime. The U.S. House and Senate passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, introduced in the House by Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush, who is retiring this year. As of press time, […]

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