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The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board releases records from four more cases, including the 1948 killing of a Georgia farmer for voting
The latest round of releases brings to 11 the number of cases the Board has authorized for public release since last October, as part of its congressional mandate to expedite the release of hundreds of investigations into civil rights violations that occurred between 1940 through 1979.
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Cold case review board releases records in four additional cases
A World War II veteran bludgeoned to death in a small town in Texas in 1947. A prison trusty found dead in a Mississippi cornfield in 1949. A 21-year-old man shot in the back seat of a New Orleans police car in 1949.
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Hastening history’s judgment
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board sheds light on crimes committed during the civil rights era