Tag: Equal Justice Initiative
EXPLAINER: What’s behind federal anti-lynching legislation?
By COREY WILLIAMS and GARY FIELDS, Associated Press
President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law the first bill that specifies lynching as a federal...
Atlanta owns up to legacy of convict labor that rebuilt city
By Michael Warren, Associated Press
The City of Atlanta's official seal shows a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War. What it doesn’t...
House Judiciary Committee Passes Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act
The House Judiciary Committee has passed the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act (H.R. 55), legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) that would...