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They dared to register blacks to vote, and the KKK killed them: A 52-year-old case is closed — unsolved

The killings helped spur President Lyndon B. Johnson to push for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -LA Times

The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election

States with new voting restrictions have 70 percent of the electoral votes needed to win the presidency. -The Nation

The Cost of Closing the ‘Mississippi Burning’ Murder Case

The state’s attorney general will officially stop investigating the gruesome 1964 deaths of three civil-rights volunteers. -The Atlantic

‘Mississippi Burning’ Murder Case Officially Closed After 52 Years

The state of Mississippi has officially closed an infamous case involving the murders of three civil rights workers, including two who were from New York City. -NY1

Navigating Between The Parallel Universe and 2016 America

In 2016 we are experiencing continuing wanton gun violence, racist and politically motivated. When will it end? -Huffington Post

AG Jim Hood: ‘Mississippi Burning’ case closed

Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed. TV: David Goodman on the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

David Goodman discusses the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and his brother Andrew's death in 1964, when college students from the north traveled to Mississippi to help register black people to vote. -CUNY

Surge of New Voters Emerges, but Others Won’t Bother

The sudden emergence of potential new voters raises a deeper, troubling question: Why do so many Americans never vote, or even bother to register? -The Record

The Andrew Goodman Foundation Wins 8th Annual Morgan Stanley U.S. Strategy Challenge

Morgan Stanley Employees Deliver More Than 8,000 Hours of Pro Bono Counsel to Nine Nonprofits During 10-Week Program. -Morgan Stanley

Actors, Activists Honored on John Brown Day

Actor and activist Danny Glover, Albany civil rights leader Alice Green and youth advocate Brother Yusuf Abdul-Wasi Burgess were honored with the first Spirit of John Brown Freedom Awards. -The Sun