Biden Signs Bill <br />That Makes Lynching , a Federal Hate Crime.<br />President Joe Biden signed into law the Emmett Till Antilynching Act during a Rose Garden ceremony on March 29.<br />Emmet Till, 14, was a Black teenager from Chicago who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1959 for allegedly flirting with a white woman.<br />Between 1882 and 1968, Tuskegee University estimates that nearly 3,500 Black Americans were lynched as a means of perpetuating racial segregation.<br />Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not <br />everyone ... belongs in America, not everyone is created equal. , President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />Terror, to systematically undermine hard-fought civil rights. Terror, not just in the dark of the night but in broad daylight. , President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />Innocent men, women and children hung by nooses in trees, bodies burned and drowned <br />and castrated, President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />Their crimes? Trying to vote. Trying to go to school. Trying to own a business or preach the gospel. False accusations of murder, arson and robbery. Simply being Black, President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />In acknowledging the past racial strife in the U.S., Biden was clear that such tensions continue to exist.<br />From the bullets in the back of Ahmaud Arbery to countless other acts of violence, countless victims known and unknown, , President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />the same racial hatred that drove the mob to hang a noose brought that mob carrying torches out of the fields of Charlottesville just a few years ago -- racial hate isn't an old problem. , President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />It's a persistent problem, President Joe Biden, via CNN.<br />Anti-lynching legislation had come before Congress and failed to pass more than 200 times throughout the history of the law-making body.<br />Emmet Till's cousin responded Biden's signing of the bill.<br />My cousin was a bright, promising 14-year-old from Chicago. My family was devastated that no one was held responsible for the abduction, torture and <br />murder of Emmett. , Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., via CNN.<br />But we are heartened by this new law, which shows that Emmett still speaks in powerful ways to make sure that no one can get away with a racist crime like this ever again, Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., via CNN
