It has taken more than 100 years and 200 tries for congress to pass a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime. But, on Monday, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act passed the Senate unanimously. We heard from Reverend Wheeler Parker, Emmett Till’s cousin, and Alvin Tillery, a associate professor at Northwestern University, about why this bill took a century to pass and what it means for racial justice activists.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrea Guthmann & Claire Hyman