Michelle Obama, other Black leaders praise 'historic' anti-lynching law. Some say more change is nee

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Black leaders, social justice advocates and others lauded this week’s passage of long-awaited federal legislation making lynching a federal hate crime. But some said more needs to be done, calling the law one step toward addressing issues that continue to plague communities of color, from police brutality to erosion of voting rights.

“I think it’s important to ensure that we put this legislation in place and that it’s enforced,” said Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, an online-focused civil rights group. “At the same time, it’s important that we continue to work to deal with all the ways that anti-Black racism shows up, from police violence to the ways in which our votes and ability to express ourselves in a democracy are being stolen.”

President Joe Biden signed the landmark Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law Tuesday, an effort 122 years in the making. The act, which makes lynching a federal hate crime, is named for the Black teen whose 1955 murder helped inspire the civil rights movement.

On her Twitter feed, former first lady Michelle Obama said her feelings about the law's long overdue passage were mixed.

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