In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday to make mob lynching a federal civil rights crime–after almost 200 failed attempts to pass anti-lynching legislation over a century.

 

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The Senate’s three Black senators—Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris of California, New Jersey’s Cory Booker and Republican Sen. Tim Scott—introduced the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018 in June.

Source: Senate Votes To Outlaw Lynching For The First Time In History