Confronting history, Congress studies addition of lynching sites to national park system ncpolicywatch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncpolicywatch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The U.S. House is considering a bill that would put lynching sites in western Tennessee on track to become part of the National Park Service, part of a trend this year of Congress using the agency to advance discussions of the nation’s troubled and often violent racial history.
Memphis Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen is sponsoring a bill that would put lynching sites in western Tennessee on track to become part of the National Park Service.