Advertisement'It's About Time': House Approves Historic Bill Making Lynching A Federal CrimeFebruary 26, 2020Claudia GrisalesfacebookEmailRep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference about the Emmett Till Antilynching Act on Wednesday on Capitol Hill. He stands beside a photo of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in the 1950s. (AP)