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Biden Signs Into Law Legislation Making Lynching Federal Hate Crime

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden signed into law legislation that makes lynching in the United States a federal hate crime. 29.03.2022, Sputnik International

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"I just signed into law the 'Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act,' making lynching a federal hate crime," Biden said during a press conference on Tuesday.Media reported that some 4,743 people were lynched in the United States from 1882 to 1968, a majority of them African Americans.The bill is named after Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American who was killed in 1955 by a group of White men in the state of Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a White woman.

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Biden Signs Into Law Legislation Making Lynching Federal Hate Crime

21:36 GMT 29.03.2022 (Updated: 22:24 GMT 29.03.2022)

© AP Photo / Patrick SemanskyVice President Kamala Harris hugs Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., after President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Washington.

Vice President Kamala Harris hugs Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., after President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Washington. - Sputnik International, 1920, 29.03.2022

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden signed into law legislation that makes lynching in the United States a federal hate crime.

"I just signed into law the 'Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act,' making lynching a federal hate crime," Biden said during a press conference on Tuesday.

Biden said racial hate is not an old problem in the United States, but it is a persistent problem.

Media reported that some 4,743 people were lynched in the United States from 1882 to 1968, a majority of them African Americans.

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference about the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 26, 2020. Emmett Till, pictured at right, was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. - Sputnik International, 1920, 11.03.2022

Congress Sends Federal Anti-Lynching Bill to Biden After 122-Year-Long Fight

11 March 2022, 21:15 GMT

The bill is named after Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American who was killed in 1955 by a group of White men in the state of Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a White woman.