KENTUCKY — Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation more than 120 years ago. It failed to pass such legislation nearly 200 times, beginning with a bill introduced in 1900 by North Carolina Rep. George Henry White, the only Black member of Congress at the time. 

Martin Luther King, Jr., mentioned Emmett Till’s name more than once in his many addresses fighting for equality, and delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the eighth anniversary of Till’s murder. 

During this In Focus Kentucky segment, Reporter Angie Angers tells us about a novel on police brutality that is now required reading at Florida middle school, as a part of its "1 Book 1 School" reading initiative.

You can watch the full In Focus segment in the player above.