The Emmett Till Bill Clears Hurdles!

Emmett Till's legacy will be honored by Congress.

The Emmett Till Foundation praises the decision for the House of Representatives to pass a bill that made lynching a federal crime.

Over 65 years ago, Emmett Till was murdered by two white terrorists who snatched him out of his home after a white woman claimed he whistled at her at a general store in Money, Mississippi.

The House passed an anti-lynching law.

Introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Sen. Kamala (D-CA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), the bill if signed by Donald J. Trump will criminalize any lynching of any individuals in the United States. It will acknowledge the atrocities committed towards African Americans, Native Americans and allies of them throughout the 19th and 20th century.

The legislation passed with 410 to 4.

Rush, a former Black Panther and civil rights activist said the law was long overdue.

"I cannot imagine our nation did not have any federal law against lynching when so many African Americans have been lynched," said Rush. "Lynchings was the preferred method of the Ku Klux Klan, the preferred choice of torturing and murdering African Americans."

The family of Emmett Till said it was step in the right direction.

Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) introduced the House version of the Emmett Till anti-lynching act.

"With this vote, it will finally be criminalized, and the importance of that cannot be overstated," said Deborah Watts, a cousin and co-founder of the Emmett Till Foundation. "Perhaps now the victims who have been crying out from their graves for centuries and their relatives still struggling today can now find some semblance of peace."

Four lawmakers voted no on the legislation.

Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) (former Republican lawmaker who voted to impeach Donald J. Trump).
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) (Freedom Caucus leader, a possible "useful idiot" to Russian propaganda, white nationalist and ).
Rep. Louie Gohmert (Freedom Caucus member, lackluster lawmaker with little or no accomplishments in Congress and frequent guest radio host on Sean "Softball Hannity's shitshow).
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) (Libertarian like lawmaker who represents the Cincinnati area suburbs of Northern Kentucky)

Gohmert is one of the least productive lawmakers in Washington. He is a known white nationalist.