Nieman Reports features unsolved cold cases
The latest issue of the Nieman Reports features stories on unsolved cold cases from the civil rights era.
Coldcases.org is a finalist in the 2011 ONA awards
The Online News Association announced their finalists for the 2011 Online Journalism Awards this week, and The Civil Rights Cold Case Project is a finalist in the Specialty Site Journalism category. We're proud of all that this project has achieved, and we're very honored to be considered for the award.
Alabama Senate apologizes to Recy Taylor for 1944 rape case
The Alabama Senate joined the state House yesterday in passing a resolution for an official state apology to Recy Taylor, 91, who was raped by seven white men in Abbeville, Ala., in 1944. According to the AP:
Pulitzer finalist recognized for investigating murder
For four years, Stanley Nelson has investigated the death of Frank Morris, a shoe repairman who died from fatal burns after his shop was torched in 1964. Nelson, whose efforts have led him to identify a suspect in Morris’ killing, was recognized earlier this week as a Pulitzer finalist for local reporting.
Nelson honored as 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist
Stanley Nelson, a reporter for The Center for Investigative Reporting's Civil Rights Cold Case Project, has been honored as a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for work on a decades-old killing.
Nelson, an editor at The Concordia Sentinel in Ferriday-Vidalia, La., was selected by Pulitzer judges in the Local Reporting category due to "his courageous and determined efforts to unravel a long forgotten Ku Klux Klan murder during the Civil Rights era."
Alabama House approves apology for Recy Taylor
The Alabama House made an historic move Tuesday evening towards a state apology to Recy Taylor, 91, who was gang raped by 7 white men in Abbeville, Ala., in 1944. The AP reports:
Possible apology to Recy Taylor
This morning in an op-ed at the Anniston Star, I reported that an apology to Recy Taylor may be forthcoming soon from the city of Abbeville and Henry County, AL.
Cold Cases editor speaks to Georgia Press Association
"Every single unsolved Civil Rights murder that has been opened or reopened and prosecuted or reprosecuted in the last 20 years has been because of a journalist," said Hank Klibanoff, managing editor of the Civil Rights Cold Case Project.
Read the story by Winston Skinner in the Newnan Times-Herald.
Frank Morris case mentioned on Glenn Beck show
Fox News commentator Glenn Beck mentioned the Frank Morris case and the work done by Concordia Sentinel editor Stanley Nelson on his show Monday.
The full episode is online, and the Frank Morris segment begins around 6:59.
