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After Martin Luther King Jr. urged members of the clergy to go to Alabama to help civil rights advocates, Rev. James Reeb answered the call and traveled to Selma in ‘65. The Boston minister died after being attacked in Selma. Three men were tried and acquitted; no one was ever held to account.
In the latest episode of “White Lies,” we revealed that we found a witness to the crime.
There are at least four more episodes planned, so we can’t discuss everything we uncovered, but ask us anything about the process of finding the voices and documents to help us find the truth to a decades-old murder -- and what it takes for a community to convince itself of a lie.
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The murder of the Rev. James Reeb in 1965 galvanized the Civil Rights movement. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at his memorial service. President Lyndon Johnson invoked Reeb’s death in his speech announcing what would become the Voting Rights Act. But after three men were tried and acquitted, the case went cold.
Fifty years later, we began looking into why this case was never solved. We found a community that had lied to absolve the attackers – and itself – of a brutal murder. Over a period of four years, we unraveled the truth. In addition to finding a witness, we also found and came to know a man who – for the first time – admitted his involvement in the attack.
The last episode of our podcast – the culmination of a years-long investigation into this crime – was released on Tuesday. You can explore the research and evidence we used to solve the case – including behind-the-scenes photos and excerpts from the FBI file – at npr.org/whitelies
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He said that's a latke ask for!
I think it's incredible what Pop (and the whole Spurs org) is doing this year. Derrick fucking white, a 2nd year player who was the 29th pick last year is our 3rd (maybe 2nd) most important player and we're in the middle of the playoff race.
Bryn Forbes has played the 3rd most minutes for this team. BRYN FORBES.
We're 2 games behind OKC who has PG playing at near MVP level, Westbrook, Steven Adams, Schroder, and Grant. We're just a few games back behind other much talented rosters like Boston and Philly and even ahead of teams like Utah (barely).
On top of this, I don't think the Spurs have a great complimentary set of talent either. LMA and White are probably our most complete players. We have some pretty terrible perimeter defense and our top scorer in DD can't even shoot a 3.
