Fourth suspect is identified in unsolved 1965 murder of white civil rights activist after three other men were acquitted when a witness lied in court in a case which spurred the Voting Rights Act
Boston minister James Reeb was attacked along with two others in Selma Three men were acquitted by a jury but the death drew widespread attention It was a case which help to see the Jim Crow voting practices outlawed and was referenced by Lyndon Johnson as he introduced the Voting Rights Act in 1965 Now witness Frances Bowden has admitted to NPR she lied in court at the time She says the three acquitted men – William Stanley Hoggle, Elmer Cook and Namon O'Neal 'Duck' Hoggle – did carry out the attack William Portwood is also said to have admitted taking part in the beating 'All I did was kick one of them. I was more than there', he said before his death By Lauren Fruen For Dailymail.com
Published: 04:05 BST, 19 June 2019 | Updated: 04:05 BST, 19 June 2019
Rev. James J. Reeb, a Boston Minister, was savagely beaten to death. His murder remains unsolved
A fourth suspect has been identified in the unsolved 1965 murder of a white civil rights activist after three other men were acquitted when a witness lied in court.
The murder of Boston minister James Reeb in Selma was a case which spurred the Voting Rights Act and saw the Jim Crow voting practices outlawed.
Three men were acquitted of his killing by an all white jury but the case drew widespread attention and was referenced by Lyndon Johnson as he introduced the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
Now, according to an NPR investigation, a fourth man is said to have been identified as also involved in his death after a key witness admitted lying in court and to the FBI.
While the case remains officially unsolved William Portwood is
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