The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act has been signed into law and will allow the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute Civil Rights-era crimes.
The bill is named after Emmett Till, a black teenager who was mutilated and murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955. The case remains unsolved and his death helped propel the modern Civil Rights Movement.
The unprecedented bill authorizes the attorney general to spend $10 million annually over 10 years to investigate and prosecute cold cases from the Civil Rights-era.
Fina fuckingly.
i first hgeard about Emmit Till when i was in the 7th grade and had nightmares about him. this story was the first time i really thought white people were evil and out of this situation has shaped my whole worldview on race relations. now 40 years after this shit happened theris finally a bill. Emmit till would have been in his 60's and was killed as a child. hey better late then never i guess. this is america
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