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FBI investigated Ga. gov (Eugene Talmadge) in old lynching
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jun 15, 2007 04:51pm |
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| Category | Investigation |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Friday, June 15, 2007 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MONROE, Ga. - Newly released files from the lynching of two black couples more than 60 years ago contain a disturbing revelation: The FBI investigated suspicions that a three-term governor of Georgia sanctioned the murders to sway rural white voters during a tough election campaign.
The 3,725 pages obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act do not make conclusions about the still-unsolved killings at Moore's Ford Bridge. But they raise the possibility that Eugene Talmadge's politics may have been a factor when a white mob dragged the four from a car, tied them to a tree and opened fire.
"I'm not surprised ... historians over the years have concluded the violently racist tone of his 1946 campaign may have been indirectly responsible for the violence that came at Moore's Ford," said Robert Pratt, a University of Georgia history professor who has studied the case. "It's fair to say he's one of the most virulently racist governors the state has ever had." |
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