Murder in Black & White
"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.
- 2008-2008
- 1 season
- TV One
- Documentary
"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.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2008
Episode 1
Moore's Ford
Sun, Oct 5, 2008
Two, young African American couples are brutally murdered by a white lynch mob.
Episode 2
Lamar Smith
Mon, Oct 6, 2008
A voting rights activist and war veteran is gunned down in front of the county courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi in 1955.
Episode 3
Rev. George Lee
Wed, Oct 8, 2008
A beloved pastor, businessman and voter rights activist is ambushed while driving home from a speaking engagement in Belzoni, Mississippi in 1955.
Episode 4
Willie Edwards
Tue, Oct 7, 2008
A hard working truck driver, in Montgomery, Alabama, is abducted one night by the KKK in 1957.