Cold Cases of The Civil Rights Movement
In this gripping episode, we dive deep into Race Against Time—the astonishing true story of how award-winning investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell helped reopen some of the most notorious unsolved murder cases from the civil rights era. From the infamous Mississippi Burning murders to the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer’s home and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Mitchell’s relentless pursuit of truth helped expose hidden crimes, unmask KKK killers, and bring long-delayed justice to the victims of racial violence.
Through dogged reporting, secret FBI documents, and chilling confrontations with former Klansmen, Mitchell cracked cold cases that had gone untouched for decades. His work led to the convictions of men who believed they'd gotten away with racist murders committed in the shadows of Jim Crow America.
This is not just a story of murder and conspiracy—it's a story of courage, accountability, and the power of journalism to right historical wrongs. If you're drawn to true crime, racial justice, civil rights history, and investigative reporting, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.
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who were both from New York City, who had come to be a part of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. And Andy was a part of what's sometimes called Freedom Summer.
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He was among college students that came down for the summer. Mickey Schwerner and his wife Rita had already been in Mississippi for a while and been working with James Chaney on the movement.
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And so they were training, they were doing the Freedom Summer training up in Oxford, Ohio, when they find out this church that both Chaney and Schwerner had spoken at, this black church back in Mississippi, had been burned down by the Klan.
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And so they came back early. And so Andy came with them and they went to go investigate what happened, to talk to people.
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