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DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2019, 12:52 PM Jul 2019

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Today would have been Emmett Till's 78th birthday

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Sen. Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
Today would have been Emmett Till’s 78th birthday. Yet his life was cut short when he was just 14. Lynching is still not considered a federal hate crime to this day. I have a bill to make it one. It's time we confronted this dark part of our nation's history and right this wrong.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Today would have been Emmett Till's 78th birthday (Original Post) DesertRat Jul 2019 OP

I won't post it here, but Emmett's mother insisted on an open casket funeral so everyone could see.. George II Jul 2019 #1

Horrific DesertRat Jul 2019 #2

in memoriam... hlthe2b Jul 2019 #3

I hope that the bill will be named after Emmett Till DesertRat Jul 2019 #4

George II

(67,782 posts)

1. I won't post it here, but Emmett's mother insisted on an open casket funeral so everyone could see..

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 01:00 PM

Jul 2019

...what his murderers did to him before lynching him. The photograph is available online.

One of the most horrible race crimes in our history.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

2. Horrific

Reply to George II (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 01:02 PM

Jul 2019

Classifying lynching as a Hate Crime is way overdue.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

hlthe2b

(102,281 posts)

3. in memoriam...

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 01:14 PM

Jul 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

4. I hope that the bill will be named after Emmett Till

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 02:45 PM

Jul 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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