President Joe Biden signed a bill Tuesday making lynching a federal hate crime after more than a century of unsuccessful efforts in Congress.

Biden, standing alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, who co-sponsored the legislation as a senator, celebrated its enactment with a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House.

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