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Mother of Slain Civil Rights Worker Urges Senate to Pass Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

Started by Ben · 8 months ago

I am writing to seek your support for the Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, Senate Bill No. S. 2679 which calls for the Department of Justice and the F.B.I. to investigate surviving perpetrators of racial violence that took place up to 1970. The Bill is sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans. ... Continue reading »

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  • Jonathan David Jacks

    2 years ago

    Congratulations on your new blog-design. It is clear, classic, and swell and that was just the design. Your persistance in following various stories of Mississippi injustice is always extremely instructive to me.
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  • Benjamin T. Greenberg

    2 years ago

    Thanks for your comment, Jonathan. It is nice to have you as the first commenter on the new site.
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  • Brad Jolly

    2 years ago

    I am also grateful for the informative follow-up on these stories. Although my family was not involved, (I believe my great-grandfather owned this farm decades prior), I am still affected today by what took place long before I was born. I often wonder if I too would have had the courage these three men had in their day to stand and act on behalf of what it right. I have it today, thanks to wonderful influences in my life; my family, God, and thanks to theses three men as well.
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