The Emmett Till case is one of, if not the most, important events of the civil rights movement in the United States. His case, like so many others from the era, galvanized minorities and African-Americans, calling global attention to the civil rights movement and the barbaric treatment of African-Americans in the Southern United States. Though [...]
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US President Joe Biden Tuesday signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. The law, HR 55, makes lynching that results in death or serious bodily injury a federal hate crime. The Act also establishes a maximum sentence of 30 years for those convicted of lynching. The House of Representatives passed the bill 422 to [...]
US Congress gives final approval to make lynching a federal hate crime
The US Senate Monday unanimously approved a bill that will make lynching a federal hate crime. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is named after 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Black boy from Chicago who was kidnapped and lynched while visiting family in Mississippi in 1955 after allegedly flirting with a white woman. The legislation would make [...]
Angela Davis and the Fight for Racial Justice from an Indian Perspective
On July 28, the University of Pittsburgh invited Professor Angela Davis, a world-renowned social justice educator and activist, to participate in a conversation on social justice and racial discrimination as part of the University of Pittsburgh’s 2020 Diversity Forum. Provost Ann Cudd and Senior Vice Chancellor Kathy Humphrey facilitated the thought-provoking conversation, and I had [...]
The US House of Representatives approved the Emmett Till Antilynching Act by a 410-4 majority Wednesday, aiming to make lynching a federal hate crime. The bill is named after 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African-American Chicago boy who was kidnapped and lynched while visiting family in Mississippi in 1955 after allegedly flirting with a white woman. [...]
A Perfect Impeachment of Presidential Crime: Emmitt Till Justice or Nuremberg Justice?
Between elections, the fallacy that one can not criminally prosecute a sitting President leads us to a situation where the only recognized path to address alleged Presidential criminality during their term is impeachment. The prognosticators now tell us that the House will vote to impeach President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress [...]
Congress sends bill to Obama regarding racially motivated killings
The US Congress on Saturday passed legislation that would continue reviews of racially motivated killings in the civil rights era. The bill indefinitely extends a 2007 law, which expires next year, that calls...
Decision to suppress detainee abuse photos keeps public in dark about misconduct
Alexander Abdo : "Historically, the United States has championed the use of photographic evidence of human-rights abuses to advance the cause of justice. The reason is simple: Pictures have a unique ability...
Fifth Circuit vacates conviction of ex-KKK member tried for civil rights era killings
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday vacated the conviction of former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member James Ford...
House votes to start unsolved crimes unit for cold civil rights cases
The US House of Representatives Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act by 422-2 . The bill would establish an Unsolved Crimes Section within the civil rights ...