Good Morning POU. We continue to look at some of the murder cases that remain unsolved from the Civil Rights Era. Today's case is about two very brave men that sadly made history as firsts and were brutalized for it. On June 2, 1965, in a horrifying display of the ongoing racial tension in the area, one of the two first African American deputy sheriffs of Washington … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Unsolved Civil Rights Era Murders
Unsolved Civil Rights Era Murders
Wednesday Open Thread: Unsolved Civil Rights Era Murders
Good Morning POU. We continue our series on Unsolved Civil Rights Era Murders. Today we review the murder of Frank Morris. Rosa Williams grew up in Ferriday, La. in the 1960s. She says the code of conduct in her southern town was clear: "We stayed in one place and white people stayed in one place, and we didn't associate with each other or nothing like that," Williams … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Unsolved Civil Rights Era Murders