Congressman Al Green Sends a Letter to House and Senate Leadership Requesting a Joint Hearing to Investigate Reports of What May Be Extrajudicial Killings (Lynchings) of Black Americans Found Hanging from Nooses in the United States

September 9, 2026 Press Release (Houston, TX) —On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, Congressman Al Green sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson , U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries , U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune , and U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer requesting a joint hearing to investigate reports of what may be extrajudicial killings (lynchings) of Black Americans found hanging from nooses in the United States. The letter follows Congressman Green’s September 6, 2026, ICYMI highlighting a Washington Informer article titled, “Found Hanging: Black Deaths, Unanswered Questions and an American Terror That Refuses to Stay in the Past.” A copy of the letter can be accessed by clicking here . The article can be accessed by clicking here .