Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board @ColdCasesBoard

A non-partisan board of private citizens appointed by the president to review and release records of unresolved cold cases from the Civil Rights era. coldcaserecords.gov Washington, DC Joined October 2024

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Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board @ColdCasesBoard

a week ago

Last week, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board released 6,510 pages of federal records from the Aug. 28, 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, including 100s of letters from outraged citizens, pleading for federal intervention. coldcaserecords.gov/cases

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2 weeks ago

This week the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board released more than 6,500 pages of federal records concerning the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. The release is "nothing short of historic," says Board co-chair Margaret Burnham. coldcaserecords.gov/content/cases/…

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2 weeks ago

Seventy years after the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board today released 6,510 pages of federal records in his case. The release is "nothing short of historic," says Board co-chair Margaret Burnham. coldcaserecords.gov/content/cases/…

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4 months ago

Thomas Broadus Sr. was a Black serviceman during WWII, and one night in 1942, while off-base in Baltimore, he was shot and killed by police. The CRCCRRB just released the federal records surrounding his death, and now Baltimore magazine tells his story. baltimoremagazine.com/section/histor…

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4 months ago

Thousands of Black Americans served in the military during WWII, but when they went off-base in the U.S., they were subject to discrimination and, sometimes, lethal violence. coldcaserecords.gov/content/blog/2…

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4 months ago

This week @ColdCasesBoard released records in 4 cases from the civil rights era, inc. that of John Lester Mitchell, a WWII veteran who was fatally shot in Louisiana in 1951. Among the 140 pages is a 2-page memo outlining why no prosecution was pursued. coldcaserecords.gov

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7 months ago

In 1945, a police officer in Union Springs, Alabama, shot 3 Black men, 2 fatally, in 3 separate incidents. The officer was fired, but a local grand jury did not indict him. Nor was any federal prosecution pursued. Read the case files at coldcaserecords.gov

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7 months ago

Last week the independent Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board released 4 more cases, including those of Isaiah Nixon (left) and Dover Carter. Both men were assaulted for voting in the GA Democratic primary in 1948. Nixon died from his wounds. coldcaserecords.gov

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9 months ago

This week, the independent Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board released records from four more cases, including that of Leonard McCowin, a 21-year-old WWII veteran struck dead by a marshal in Center, Texas in 1947. coldcaserecords.gov

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10 months ago

On Jan. 7, 1946, a Florida sheriff questioned WWII veteran Leroy Bradwell about a letter he'd supposedly written to a white woman. The police brought him to the county line -- for his own safety, they told him. He was never seen again. Read the file here: coldcaserecords.gov/content/cases/…

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10 months ago

"Seeing that, I’m sure, was so traumatic for my father, and was one of the reasons that he never said a single word [about it]." Dan DeBardelaben, on the death of his grandmother Hattie, after police beat her in front of her children in 1945. al.com/news/2024/11/a…

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10 months ago

This is Hattie DeBardelaben, a 46-year-old grandmother. In 1945, she was doing laundry in the backyard of her Alabama home. Then police pulled up, and before long she was dead. Today, the public can read every word of the investigation into her death. coldcaserecords.gov

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11 months ago

During the civil rights era, thousands of Americans were attacked--and even killed--because of the color of their skin. Although the crimes were investigated, the perpetrators often went unpunished, the reports filed away. Next week, those files will start to open for all to see.