Political activism and preaching the word of God were an inescapable fate for Reverend Amos Brown, but his destiny was sealed in 1955 when the first pictures of Emmett Till came to press. He could no ...

The Trump administration has announced plans to revoke or shrink certain national monuments as part of an anti-DEI movement.

There are more than 100 national monuments across the country, but for the first time in nearly a century, parts of these ...

The Delaware House this week passed two bills that aid in protecting Delawareans’ civil liberties and increasing ...

Trump has also filed lawsuits against the New York Times; the Des Moines Register (a member of the USA Today Network, of which the Detroit Free Press is part), dismissed in February; ABC, settled last ...

Mr. Biden also signed a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would posthumously award Emmett and Ms. Till-Mobley the Congressional Gold Medal, the body’s highest civilian honor.

joined Duckworth in introducing the bill. “The Roberts Temple Church ... In March of 2021, President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, making lynching a federal hate ...

The move is a result of a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday. The bill, known as the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, will honor the 14-year-old Black boy ...

Emmett, whose killing shaped the civil rights movement, and Mamie Till-Mobley would posthumously receive the body’s highest civilian honor if President Biden signs the bill. By Christine Chung ...

“Emmett Till’s horrific murder and the unjust acquittal ... It is my hope that the House will do the same and take up this bill soon.” Booker was proud to see the House pass the legislation ...

Illinois Representative Bobby Rush first introduced the Emmett Till Antilynching Act in 2019. The bill passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming, bipartisan support. But in 2020 ...

I can only imagine the range of deep emotions that the Rev. Wheeler Parker felt as he watched President Joe Biden sign the anti-lynching bill named for his cousin, Emmett Till, into law on March ...