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Senate Recognizes Lynching As an ‘Act Of Terror’
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Senate Recognizes Lynching As an ‘Act Of Terror’
The Senate passed a bill for the first time in its history that, if enacted, would make lynching a federal crime. More than 4,700 people were lynched in the U.S. from 1882 to 1968, according to one estimate, and over 70 percent of the victims were black.
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