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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:06 AM
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Investigators: KKK Behind 1951 Blast
Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 01:20 AM by NVMojo
MIMS, Fla. (AP) - New information points to four Ku Klux Klan members as almost certainly responsible for the unsolved murders of two civil rights activists who died when their home exploded in 1951, Florida officials say.

Attorney General Charlie Crist announced Friday that investigators had begun excavating the site of Harry and Harriette Moore's home, which was blown up on Christmas night in 1951.

Detectives were searching for detonators and other evidence that could prove what type of explosive was used.

The four suspects, all members of the Florida Klan at one time, had experience with dynamite, said Frank Beisler, an investigator with Crist's office.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2005/dec/02/120201752.html
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:19 AM
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1. Here's three links for people to read more about Harry and Harriet Moore
Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 01:21 AM by ...of J.Temperance
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 08:54 AM
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6. This is what RIGHT WING HATE RADIO PRODUCES
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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:20 AM
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2. give it a vote in honor of the two murdered by racists
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:23 AM
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3. I gave it a vote...these pigshits would be Repuke Bushbots nowadays
So they would.
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Psephos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 02:13 AM
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4. But were probably Democrats in 1951
Things were different then. Southern Dems were not friends of the civil rights movement in the 50s.

Peace.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 08:46 AM
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5. KICK! nt
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