Senate unanimously passes historic anti-lynching legislation

By Claire Hyman, Andrea Guthmann
Rep. Bobby Rush
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. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
Rep. Bobby Rush
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. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

Senate unanimously passes historic anti-lynching legislation

By Claire Hyman, Andrea Guthmann
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After more than a century and 200 failed attempts, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that makes lynching a federal hate crime. The Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act was introduced by Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush and is expected to be signed by President Biden.

Reset learns more about the legislation and what it means for the ongoing fight for racial justice in the U.S.

GUESTS: Professor Alvin Tillery, director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy; and associate professor of political science and African American studies

Rev. Wheeler Parker, cousin of Emmett Till