Congress has tried more than 200 times to pass an anti-lynching law. This year, it could fail again
Others had tried to stop the killings carried out largely against blacks by … a “farce and a sham — an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. … including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People … the Senate issued 13 years ago for failing to advance anti-lynching laws.

Congress has tried more than 200 times to pass an anti-lynching law. This year, it could fail again