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The Republican is facing a runoff later this month against Democrat Mike Espy, who is black.
Melissa McKinnies found the body of her 24-year-old son, Danye Jones, hanging from a tree last month.
They’re distorting history and trying to avoid accountability.
Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) said he did not endorse the ads, which were paid for by a PAC called Black Americans for the President's Agenda.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
It was true when Emmett Till was lynched, and it's true today.
The 14-year-old Till was brutally beaten and shot for allegedly making sexual advances against a white woman who has since recanted her story.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice draws a line from the slavery and lynching of the past to the criminal justice system of today.
She forced the nation to confront the brutality of lynching. She deserves a monument of her own.
"Since when are all women honest?" a spokeswoman for the convicted comedian said.
A new memorial in Alabama will recognize the people of color lost to lynching in America.