Tag: lynching
Senate Passes Bill to Honor Emmett Till and His Mother
The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in...
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...
Emmett Till Investigation Closed by Feds; No New Charges
The U.S. Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday, December 6, that it is ending its latest investigation into the 1955 lynching...
Josephine Baker Honored at France’s Pantheon
Josephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black...
The Struggle of Black Veterans
Veterans Day is an occasion to acknowledge with respect and appreciation those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. But for generations,...
