Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend some attention turned to US Senator John Kerry’s (D-MA) renewed effort to open the FBI records of Dr. King. Civil Rights Cold Case reporter Jerry Mitchell reported: U.S. Sen. John Kerry plans to introduce legislation next week that would pave the way for the release of thousands [...]
John Kerry, MLK and Access to Records
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 22. Jan, 2010 in boston, breaking news, civil rights cold case project, civil rights movement, clifton walker case, dee moore case, mississippi, politics, race and racism, southwest ms
Cold-Case List Omits Many Names
by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 15. Feb, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, race and racism, southwest ms
I was honored to be interviewed by Jerry Mitchell for this article that came out in today’s Clarion Ledger. A day after the FBI asked for the public’s assistance in solving 43 unpunished killings in Mississippi during the civil rights era, researchers say they know of at least 18 more slayings that haven’t been included. [...]
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