Exciting developments in the notorious case of the 1964 murders of the three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. Jerry Mitchell reports in the Clarion Ledger:
Authorities should reopen the Klan’s 1964 killings of three civil rights workers because of newly discovered evidence, family members say.
“Without a doubt,” said Ben Chaney of […]
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By John Gibson, Arkansas Delta Truth and Justice Center
Dear Friends,
It was a great weekend.
I apologize in advance for omissions in this report. There was so much good participation, I am afraid that I am bound to leave something out.
People from out of state began arriving in Meridian on Thursday to join with people from Mississippi […]
Diane Nash’s statement for my American Prospect article was longer than I could include in the published piece. Her statement is worth reading in full:
The State of Mississippi is trying to change its image to appear to be a state that is no longer racist. If Mississippi would focus on truly eliminating and/or decreasing […]
Ben Chaney, younger brother of slain civil rights worker James Chaney, was one of my interview subjects for my recent article in The American Prospect, “Belated Justice for Civil Rights Era Crimes.” I spoke with Ben over the phone on June 4, 2007, two days after his mother Fannie Lee Chaney was buried next […]
Ben Chaney interviewed by Ben Greenberg [10:46m]:
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My latest is now out in The American Prospect online (free registration required), in many ways a companion piece to my previous blog post.
For the last eight days in Jackson, Mississippi, reputed Ku Klux Klan member James Ford Seale has sat, mostly silent, in the James O. Eastland U.S. Courthouse. Seale has been watching the […]
Jared Story has left some wonderful recollections of Mrs. Chaney in the comments.
My condolences go out to Ben and his sisters, Barbara, Julia, and Janice. I met Ms. Chaney at the Killen trial in 2005. I was struck by both her quiet strength and her humor. She told Sheryl, Ash-Lee, and myself that she was […]
“I have hoped and prayed for over 40 years for justice including full disclosure and the complete prosecution of all those involved in the murder of my son James, and his companions, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.” (Fannie L. Chaney, August 1, 2006)
Last night, Fannie Lee Chaney’s soul left her body. She was the mother […]
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Last week the Neshoba Democrat reported the discovery of a recording of Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign kickoff speech at the Neshoba County Fair in Mississippi.
While we wait to find out whether there will be public access to Reagan’s speech, it may be informative to peer into the place where Reagan spoke. Melina was at […]
By the Arkansas Delta Truth and Justice Center*
How US Attorney obtained its indictment against James Ford Seale
How MS AG could have obtained more indictments in Neshoba
What may have been the key to US attorney Dunn Lampton proceeding to obtain an indictment against James Ford Seale for the […]
If you’ve been watching the mainstream news on last week’s indictment of James Ford Seale in connection with the May 1964 Klan murders of two nineteen year old, Black Mississippians, Charles Moore and Henry Dee, you may have come across this interesting tidbit that appeared in the New York Times:
In 2002, Mr. Seale’s son began […]
On January 6, 2005, Edgar Ray Killen was arrested and charged with murder in the 1964 Klan slayings of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. Six months later, on June 21, 2005, Killen was convicted on lesser charges, three counts of manslaughter.
At the time, Killen was one of ten living suspects […]
What do you say after bad men die?
Ex-Imperial Wizard Bowers Dies in Prison
By HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press Writer
November 5, 2006, 9:04 PM EST
JACKSON, Miss. — Former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Samuel H. Bowers, who was convicted eight years ago of ordering the 1966 bombing death of a civil rights leader, died Sunday in a […]
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Philadelphia, MS sure knows how to put on a party for the Confederacy.
Back in July, I noted that Philadelphia restored a statue of a Confederate soldier to the lawn of the Neshoba County Courthouse. This Saturday, Philadelphia will hold a special ceremony to dedicate the restored monument during the town’s annual Autumnfest.
This year’s Autumnfest festival […]
Thursday, September 21, 2006
My new article came out today in the Black Commentator. Here is the opening section:
The Black Commentator
September 21, 2006 - Issue 198
Who Killed Jimmie Lee Jackson?
by Benjamin Greenberg
Guest Commentator
Jimmie Lee Jackson did not live to see his grandfather, Cager Lee, finally receive a voting card in his early 80s at the Marion, Alabama Town Hall, […]
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If you haven’t been to Rachel’s Tavern, check it out. She’s running the 4th Erase Racism Carnival.
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