As a part of the Cold Case Justice Initiative at Syracuse University's law school, SU will hold a free online event about the life and legacy of a pair of civil rights leaders in 1960s Mississippi.
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closure, some type of answers, it s a marvelous thing. warless jackson, denise ford, professor paula johnson, last night were you also joined by congressman john lewis. he has acknowledged this colossal effort. have you given yourselves a time frame or a promise as to when you hope to kind of clear that next hurdle? we re hoping with the next, very few years. because there isn t an indefinite amount of time, or an infinite amount of time for us to continue to do this work. so there is urgency to what we are doing. the case is already 40 years old. we need for people who know things to come forward with that knowledge so that these families will get the resolution that they sdv. the justice is, the accountability they sdv. the congressman greeted the group last night and pledged his support. even though he was one of the sponsors of the emmitt hill bill and plemped to follow through on that to ensure that the congress
who lost love ones during the civil rights era. murders, missing persons cases. all of it still unresolved. the event is called never too late for justice hosted by the syracuse university law school s cold case justice initiative pap group of law professors and students dedicated to trying to solve these cases forgotten by almost everyone, except, of course, the victims families. so here to tell us all about it the program s co-director, professor paula johnson and relatives of warless jackson, a mississippi factory worker killed in a mysterious explosion. the family members, his sister denise ford are joining me right now. good to see all of you. this valley a powerful moment that so many families have been wondering over the years, whatever happened to my brother? my father, my mother, et cetera? and this is a collection of a lot of energies now trying to say, let s offer each other