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Murder in Black & White: Lamar Smith
A voting rights activist and war veteran is gunned down in front of the county courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi in 1955.
“Murder in Black & White” is a series of four 1-hour episodes documenting unsolved murder cases from the Civil Rights Era. Moore’s Ford Lynchings 1946 – Monroe, GA Willie Edwards 1957 – Montgomery, AL Rev. George Lee 1955 – Belzoni, MS Lamar Smith 1955 – Brookhaven, MS By interviewing relatives of the victims, witnesses, activists, local and state officials, FBI agents and historians, we try to expose the truth behind these decades-old cold cases.
Series Produced by TV ONE
* 2009 Emmy consideration
* 2009 Silver Telly Award Winner
* 2009 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award Nominee
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