Articles Written About the LSU Cold Case Project Cases by LSU Manship Students
Student journalists at LSU have pored over more than 175,000 pages of FBI files obtained under the Freedom of Information Act since 2009. They have interviewed witnesses and family members of African Americans killed by the Ku Klux Klan from the 1950s through the early 1970s and performed investigative research, even meeting with FBI officials in Washington to find and present facts about the cases and help provide closure for the families.
“TRUST YOUR DOG,” Louisiana Search and Rescue Dog team used in cold cases
https://www.brproud.com/news/trust-your-dog-louisiana-search-and-rescue-dog-team-used-in-cold-cases/
Jo-Ed Edwards disappeared in a Klan-suspected abduction. His body’s never been found.
https://www.mississippicir.org/news/jo-ed-edwards-disappeared-in-a-klan-suspected-abduction-his-bodys-never-been-found
Did the FBI fail in trying to resolve Civil Rights cold cases?
Fourth in a four-part seriesA retired FBI agent was at a Christian retreat in the…
A case that ‘flips justice on its head’: Victim, not shooter, convicted in 1960 bloodbath
Third in a four-part seriesMore than six decades ago a grand jury assembled to hear…
‘Mr. Fuller has shot his men’
Second in a four-part seriesMONROE, La. — In the rural neighborhood around Ticheli Road, the…
‘You don’t go in Mr. Fuller’s yard’
First in a four-part series During the 1950s in northeast Louisiana, future Klansman Robert Fuller…
Deacons group protected ‘outlaw town’ Ferriday’s black community from Klansmen in 1960s
Last in a four-part series Ferriday, La.—David Whatley, the first black student to integrate Ferriday…
Deacons for Defense and Justice defied segregation
Third in a four-part series A dozen times over three decades, Claiborne Parish resident Frederick…
In Bogalusa, the Deacons fought violence with violence
This is the second in a four-part series. BOGALUSA, La. — Fiery red dust filled…
