Emmett Till Antilynching Act
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The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, signed into law in 2022, addresses the historical issue of lynching in the United States. Lynching is a form of violence that disproportionately affected Black Americans.1
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black teenager, was brutally murdered in 1955. His death, and the subsequent open-casket funeral, brought widespread attention to anti-Black violence and became a pivotal moment, galvanizing the American civil rights movement. Organizations like the NAACP worked to combat lynching, contributing to a decline in the practice after 1935.21
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