USA Today reports that the FBI Field Office in Jackson, Mississippi may soon be named after James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman—the three civil rights workers murdered by Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21, 1964. JACKSON, Miss. — This state, whose civil rights history is marred with negatives, wants to name its new Federal [...]
Archive | December, 2009
Civil Rights Cold Case Trailer
Since I first posted about The Civil Rights Cold Case Project, we’ve added the trailer for the documentary mini-series that we are currently developing in partnership with WNET.org and Paperny Films. I’m on there with the Clifton Walker Case a few times, starting at around 00:45.
The Civil Rights Cold Case Project
I am pleased to announce that The Civil Rights Cold Case Project website is now up and running at http://coldcases.org. My previous blog post, about my most recent trip to Mississippi, was cross posted from the Cold Case Project site. The Civil Rights Cold Case Project brings together the power of investigative reporting, narrative writing, [...]
Picking Up the Trail from a 25-Year-Old Tip
In October, I was in Mississippi again, following leads in my investigation of the 1964 murder of Clifton Walker, a black man from Woodville, MS. Driving home from the swing shift at the International Paper plant in Natchez, MS, Walker was ambushed by Klansmen, who stopped his car on a deserted road and blew his [...]
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