Throughout July, they repeatedly encountered the bodies of other black murder victims as FBI agents continued to scrutinize Mississippi swamps in search of three missing civil rights activists. One of these was the body of 14-year-old Herbert or Earthby, who was found wearing a core t-shirt. Charles Eddie Moore, one of 600 students who were expelled from Alcorn State University in April 1964 for participating in a civil rights protest, was found alongside the body of childhood friend Hezekiya Dee. The two 19-year-olds were accused of by the KKK in May 1964. In 2007, former police officer James Seal, 71, was convicted of murder after the church deacon and confessed clanman Charles Marcus Edwards admitted to joining aidduction. He was given exemption in exchange for his testimony. The bodies of five other black victims of the violence discovered by the FBI while searching for missing activists have never been identified.
Source: BBC Culture – www.bbc.com
