The US Senate has unanimously approved legislation to make lynching a federal crime.
The approval comes after almost 200 attempts in Congress to pass the bill.
Two Democratic senators who are known to be presidential contenders in 2020, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, led the effort.
Joining them as lead sponsors of the anti-lynching bill was the Senate's third African-American member, Republican Tim Scott.
It's unclear whether the House will act on the anti-lynching measure this week before the Christmas holiday.
Congress has tried and failed to pass anti-lynching legislation around 200 times since 1918, according to Harris's office.
