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NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Issues Statement on Emmett Till Antilynching Act
February 28, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement on Feb. 27:

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act. The bill, which passed by a vote of 410-4, makes lynching a federal hate crime.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the advancement of this long overdue important legislation - and urges the Senate to immediately take up and . . .

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