[I'm honored to have collaborated with Jerry Mitchell on this article appearing on page 1 of today's Jackson Clarion-Ledger. —BG] Killen claims God is on his side Lawsuit filed last week alleges civil rights violations Jerry Mitchell and Ben Greenberg The Clarion-Ledger March 1, 2010 Convicted Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen says there wasn’t enough [...]
Edgar Ray Killen Says God Will Get You (If You Helped Put Him Away)
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 01. Mar, 2010 in breaking news, civil rights cold case project, civil rights movement, clip, friends, mississippi, neshoba murders, race and racism
Remembering the Names
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 29. Dec, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, neshoba murders, race and racism
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 [...]
New Evidence to Act on in 1964 Klan Murder of James Chaney
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 22. Nov, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, neshoba murders, race and racism
X-rays reveal that two bullets were not removed from James Chaney’s body during the autopsy after he, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were murdered by a gang of Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21 1964. James Chaney’s brother Ben has told the Clarion Ledger’s Jerry Mitchell that the Chaney family will allow the body [...]
In Death Posey Dodges Murder Charges Once and for All
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 16. Aug, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, neshoba murders, podcast, race and racism
The Clarion Ledger reports: Billy Wayne Posey, a key suspect in the Ku Klux Klan’s killings of three civil rights workers in 1964 in Mississippi, has died, but Justice Department officials say they’re continuing their investigation of the remaining suspects. The 73-year-old Posey died Thursday of natural causes, according to friends. That leaves four living [...]
New Convictions Posssible in Neshoba Murders
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 02. Dec, 2007 in breaking news, civil rights movement, neshoba murders, race and racism
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 [...]
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