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 [...]
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Still Outraged over the Valley Swim Club Segregationists? Ask AG Holder to Investigate
Glad I checked my RSS feeds tonight and tuned into the Jack & Jill Politics coverage of the Valley Swim Club incident. I found Cheryl Contee’s post with the video above (“Hi, my name is Elon James White and I’m broadcasting from 1952…”), and I found the ColorOfChange.org call for letters asking Attorney General Eric [...]
It’s a Good Week for Old School Racism
Pool Boots Kids Who Might “Change the Complexion” | NBC Philadelphia. I had a knot in my stomach and could not sleep last night after watching those three white punks go after Jay Phillips. But telling over 60 kids that they are not welcome at a swimming pool that they have paid to use is [...]
New Convictions Posssible in Neshoba Murders
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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