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African-American lynching victim (1941–1955)
The current federal legal definition of “lynching” in the United States is established by the Emmett Till Antilynching Act (signed March 29, 2022), which makes lynching a federal hate crime when a , p...
Authorities found 21-year-old Demartravion “Trey” Reed hanging from a tree on Delta State University’s Cleveland, Mississippi, campus in mid-September 2025; local officials and the coroner said early ...
The record does not support a clear answer to the oddly phrased question "Carolyn Bryant believe all women"; if the intended question is whether Carolyn Bryant Donham recanted her 1955 accusations aga...
Modern U.S. law now explicitly makes lynching a federal hate crime after the Emmett Till Antilynching Act was signed in 2022, so recent group murders motivated by bias can be charged as lynching under...
Civil‑rights organizations played central roles pushing for the Emmett Till Antilynching Act — they helped frame public memory of lynching, lobbied lawmakers, joined coalitions supporting the bill, an...
The reviewed sources do not identify any incidents officially labeled as *lynchings* in the United States for 2022; federal hate-crime reporting from the FBI lists bias-motivated incidents but does no...