65 yrs ago today, Emmett Till, a 14 yr old boy from Chicago is brutally murdered in Mississippi after FALSELY being accused of flirting with a white woman. His murderers are acquitted. His mother insists on an open casket funeral to lay bare the grim reality of racial violence.

This past February, the House passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act which designates lynching as a federal hate crime. Given ongoing racial violence, it is imperative that we remember the racial terror inflicted on thousands of Black Americans and acknowledge sins of the past.

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act passed by a tremendous bi-partisan margin of 410-4 in the House. But it has not passed in the Senate because of one man: Rand Paul.

Rand Paul has single-handedly prevented this bill from being passed in the Senate. https://apnews.com/a8ba886090278a61825bc15e2795228d

As we remember the life and legacy of Emmett Till today, let's not forget that this man, Rand Paul, has single-handedly BLOCKED Congress from final passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act. His actions amount to complicity with racial violence of today. https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/707236?unlock=DAKP6B88C9EZ0C4H