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Joyce Ladner Used Her Stories to Raise Awareness of the Civil Rights Movement. Now, She’s Telling Them in a New Way
Joyce Ladner was on stage at the 1963 March on Washington. Her memories of the day are preserved in an AI-enabled, voice-activated interview
lynching - Time9:00am PST - February 27th, 2020
Rep. Bobby Rush: Congress was 'determined' to pass bill that makes lynching a hate crime
After nearly 200 previous failed votes, the House overwhelmingly approved legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime. Congressman Bobby Rush sponsored the bill and joined Stephanie Ruhle to talk about this historic moment.
lynching - MSNBC7:42am PST - February 27th, 2020
US House passes anti-lynching law over 100 years after first attempt
The House bill follows 200 failed attempts in the past century to pass anti-lynching legislation.
lynching - BBC News6:35am PST - February 27th, 2020
US House passes landmark anti-lynching law
The House bill follows 200 failed attempts in the past century to pass anti-lynching legislation.
lynching - BBC News6:35am PST - February 27th, 2020
After more than 100 years, the House passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act
AP The US House of Representatives passed an anti-lynching bill on Wednesday that would make lynching a federal crime. The bill still needs to be passed in the US Senate and signed by the president to become law. The bill was named after Emmett Till, a 14-yea…
lynching - Business Insider10:48pm PST - February 26th, 2020
Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till
Congress previously failed to pass anti-lynching legislation nearly 200 times, starting with a bill introduced in 1900 by North Carolina Rep. George Henry White, the only black member of Congress at the time.
lynching - NBC News6:00pm PST - February 26th, 2020
Lynching finally made federal crime 65 years after Emmett Till's murder
The House of Representatives passes the bill in a 410-to-four vote
lynching - Independent3:28pm PST - February 26th, 2020
Congress Approves Legislation Designating Lynching a Federal Hate Crime After 120 Years of Defeats
The bill comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation and after dozens of similar efforts were defeated.
lynching - Time12:24pm PST - February 26th, 2020
Emmett Till bill making lynching a federal crime passes House
The Emmett Till bill to make lynching a federal hate crime passed the House.
lynching - ABC News12:20pm PST - February 26th, 2020
Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till
Congress previously failed to pass anti-lynching legislation nearly 200 times, starting with a bill introduced in 1900 by North Carolina Rep. George Henry White, the only black member of Congress at the time.
lynching - NBC News12:12pm PST - February 26th, 2020
It Took 120 Years But the U.S. Just Made Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
Only four members of the House voted against the bill.
lynching - Vice News12:08pm PST - February 26th, 2020
It Took 120 Years But the U.S. Just Made Lynching a Federal Hate Crime
Only four members of the House voted against the bill.
lynching - Vice News12:08pm PST - February 26th, 2020
'It is never too late to do the right thing': House passes federal anti-lynching bill
"Lynching was a blot on the history of America,” says Steny Hoyer.
lynching - Politico11:54am PST - February 26th, 2020
House to vote on bill to make lynching a federal crime
The bill is named for Emmett Till, a black teenager brutally murdered in a racist attack in 1955.
lynching - CBS News9:13am PST - February 26th, 2020
House to take historic vote to make lynching a federal crime
Lawmakers will take a historic vote on Wednesday when the House of Representatives takes up legislation to make lynching a federal crime.
lynching - CNN3:01am PST - February 26th, 2020
House to vote on legislation making lynching a federal crime
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are set to cast a historic vote this week to designate lynching as a federal crime.
lynching - CNN2:36pm PST - February 24th, 2020
Lawyers’ association sees ‘sinister’ design behind CAA, NPR, NRC
IAL pledges support to any movement to save nation
lynching - The Hindu9:37am PST - February 24th, 2020
Zambia deploys troops to quell gas attacks by criminal gangs
The attackers spray a gas that makes their targets dizzy, according to local media reports.
lynching - Al Jazeera English7:03am PST - February 14th, 2020
The Toxic, Hidden History of a Black Man Castrated in a Small Texas Town
Almost 80 years after a brutal castration in a Texas town fueled by bigotry, residents’ strident opinions show that race remains front and center.
lynching - Vice News7:43am PST - February 13th, 2020
Mehbooba Mufti was working with separatists: Public Safety Act dossier
PSA file cites pro-militant tweets; public speeches made by Ms. Mufti and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in defence of Articles 370 and 35A are also listed.
lynching - The Hindu11:19am PST - February 7th, 2020
Why I Quit Being a Climate Activist
The climate movement is overwhelmingly white. So I walked away.
lynching - Vice News7:38am PST - February 6th, 2020
Michigan State University apologizes amid backlash for 'inappropriate and insensitive' gift shop display with dolls of notable black figures hanging from trees
Michigan State University issued an apology after a student found dolls of notable black people hanging from strings on trees in a gift shop. The student, Krystal Davis-Dunn, said "these images evoke a visceral experience." University officials noted that emp…
lynching - Business Insider1:01pm PST - February 3rd, 2020
6 Films to Watch for Black History Month, Recommended by an Expert
Jacqueline Stewart, Turner Classic Movies' first black host, recommends six films that share a "concern for trying to tell the truth about the African-American experience"
lynching - Time9:00am PST - January 31st, 2020
Censorship claims emerge as TikTok gets political in India
A TikTok influencer says his videos on Hindu-Muslim unity have triggered censorship on the app.
lynching - BBC News4:34pm PST - January 30th, 2020
Hudson: Democrats Decry Trump’s ‘Lynching’ Tweet, Ignore Their Party’s History of Lynchings
Whatever evil lynchings evoke -- the extrajudicial massacre of thousands of blacks and whites in America by hanging -- is a legacy of cold blooded murder. And it's barbarism that belongs almost exclusively to the Democrat Party.
lynching - Breitbart News10:08am PDT - October 23rd, 2019
RT @wunpini_fm: Dasiba! Here's my latest publication on witchcraft accusations and the lynching of Akua Denteh. I demonstrate here that…
Sayida Ibrahim (@maltisaida)5:14am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @tressiemcphd: Lynching music.
Building Our Power: Queer Radical Communists (@BuildingOurPwr)5:12am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @mcbyrne: Jason Aldean wrote the modern lynching song and not one person bothered to say along the way: perhaps don’t do that.
RIRI (@__Riiiia)5:11am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @wunpini_fm: Dasiba! Here's my latest publication on witchcraft accusations and the lynching of Akua Denteh. I demonstrate here that…
shafman (@shafic_osman)5:10am PDT - July 17th, 2023
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Kira Nerys' Guerilla Brick Warfare (@ladytabularasa)5:10am PDT - July 17th, 2023
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Caitlin is tired✨(Caitlin’s Version) (@chikkadee)5:09am PDT - July 17th, 2023
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Amerah Elshahawi, FUTURE JD (@AmerahElshahawi)5:09am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @NMAAHC: #OTD in 1862, journalist & civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, MS. Wells spent her life exposing the…
Jess / Jesse Walton (@JessHealyWalton)5:08am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @LegalLro: #Daund Khatik SC basti torching case main accused Badshah Sheikh, Wasim n 9 tadipars on bail wid mob of 150 attacked Bapurao…
Derka Derka Derka (@DippaDippaDippa)5:08am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @tressiemcphd: Lynching music.
Anne Carpenter, PhD (@DrAnneCarpenter)5:08am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @LegalLro: #Daund Khatik SC basti torching case main accused Badshah Sheikh, Wasim n 9 tadipars on bail wid mob of 150 attacked Bapurao…
Vikki Gaur (@vikki_gaur)5:07am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @RepBowman: Ida B. Wells fought tirelessly for civil rights by using her investigative journalism to expose the horror of lynching. Tod…
Ymerej Marionneaux (@YmerejMari41927)5:07am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @tressiemcphd: Lynching music.
Annie, MLIS, They/Them (@dharmascholar)5:05am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @TnETnHa: He is the same person who k!lled Mohsin Shaikh in Pune who was the first victim of lynching in 2014 ,and look at the justice s…
Md Sauduz Zafar (@mdszafar)5:02am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @mcbyrne: Jason Aldean wrote the modern lynching song and not one person bothered to say along the way: perhaps don’t do that.
Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH (@GeauxGabrielle)5:01am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @splcenter: Born #OTD, Ida B. Wells was a journalist who traveled to lynching sites where no one else would go. The threats on her lif…
Herman McFlurman (@HermanMcflurman)5:01am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @tressiemcphd: Lynching music.
Professional Hand Waver (@_noblegrace)5:01am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @tressiemcphd: Lynching music.
HEATED & Cuff It (Wetter remix) (@bettyb00p00)5:01am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @NMAAHC: #OTD in 1862, journalist & civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, MS. Wells spent her life exposing the…
Sheridan Logan (@Sundaylofan2)5:01am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @wunpini_fm: Dasiba! Here's my latest publication on witchcraft accusations and the lynching of Akua Denteh. I demonstrate here that…
David *Objection* Ngong (@ProfDNgong)5:01am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @splcenter: Born #OTD, Ida B. Wells was a journalist who traveled to lynching sites where no one else would go. The threats on her lif…
Annette Harchik (@annetteharchik)5:01am PDT - July 17th, 2023
RT @rightwing_guy: Alex Rean, frm Secunderabad, Hyderabad, studying at @loyola_academy is calling for the mass lynching of Hindus through h…
Kumar (@Viney4174)5:00am PDT - July 17th, 2023