Category: lynching

Author Unearths the Forgotten History of Port Jervis Lynching

November 30, 2022
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It is the only lynching in New York state since the Civil War, a story that Michael Worden grew up hearing about from his grandma. It happened 130 years ago on the streets of his hometown, Port Jervis, a then-bustling industrial city in the North. An African American man named Robert Lewis was accused of…

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It’s Not About Lynching

April 4, 2022
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Commentary The new federal anti-lynching bill that President Joe Biden proudly signed contains a joke, an irony, and a scheme. According to Biden, “No federal law expressly prohibited lynching until today.” Biden gives the impression that lynching has been legal all this while, until he finally sprang into action to make it illegal. Herein lies…

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Biden Signs Law Making Lynching a Federal Hate Crime

March 29, 2022
Crime and IncidentsDemocratsEmmett TillExecutive Branchhate crimeJoe BidenlynchingPoliticsUSUS NewsWhite House
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the first anti-lynching legislation in U.S. history that would make the act a federal hate crime. “All right. It’s law,” Biden said shortly after he signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act at a desk in the White House Rose Garden alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, members of…

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