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Alleged Klan Member Charged with 1964 Murders

NPR | By Michele Norris

Published January 6, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

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A reputed Ku Klux Klan member is charged with the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. NPR's Michele Norris talks about the case with Jerry Mitchell, a reporter for the Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss.