Biden Signs Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Crime - The New York Times

Biden Signs Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Crime - The New York Times
President Biden’s signature ended more than 100 years of failed efforts by the federal government to specifically outlaw lynching.
WASHINGTON President Biden on Tuesday signed a bill making lynching a federal crime, for the first time explicitly criminalizing an act that had come to symbolize the grim history of racism in the Un… [+801 chars] Read More



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