Liz Ryan

Civil Rights era #ColdCase student investigative reporter @ManshipXGR @UA_jcm

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

The FBI thought he was dead. Now he's the last living witness of what led to the killings of four Black men by a man who would become a KKK leader in LA. Fascinating story by @LizRyanColdCase of the @LSU @ManshipSchool. https://t.co/KhnqBNvOtW #lalege #lagov

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

A man the FBI thought was dead recalls details of 1960 Louisiana murders. @LizRyanColdCase interviews a new witness in the killings of four Black men by a future Ku Klux Klan leader. https://t.co/nx793s5Stn via @IlluminatorLA

[Liz Ryan @LizRyanColdCase]

@Laranicholson_ @theadvocatebr @Report4America Congratulations @Laranicholson_ !!!! They are lucky to have you on their team!!!!

[Liz Ryan @LizRyanColdCase]

Congratulations @remroc15 on this wonderful recognition for your great work!!!!!

[LSU Manship School of Mass Communication @ManshipSchool]

Congrats to @LSU alumna and former @lsureveille Opinion Editor Rachel Mipro who earned third place in the Explanatory Reporting Competition of the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards Program for her LSU Cold Case Project story!

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#GeauxManship

[Alabama Political Reporter @ALReporter]

Ultimately, his killers were never convicted of his murder, but Wille Edwards Jr.’s memory lives on.
https://t.co/i4ltgPuFtE

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Part 3 of our series on growing up in a Klan family: ‘If you don’t learn your history, then you’re doomed to relive it.’ By @jarchote of the @ManshipSchool. https://t.co/d0MIw7FiAc #lalege #lagov

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Explosive anger: How bombmaking, WWII trauma may have influenced Louisiana Klansman. Part 2 of a series by @JArchote of the @ManshipSchool. https://t.co/mtRaAFSRE8 via @shreveporttimes #lalege #lagov

[Liz Ryan @LizRyanColdCase]

Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia was the architect of the "Southern Manifesto" to resist the Brown vs. Board of Education. Route 7 from Berryville to Leesburg, VA is named the "Harry Byrd Highway."

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

#OnThisDay 1956, 19 senators & 77 congressmen signed Southern Manifesto, denouncing Brown v. Board decision as “abuse of judicial power” & called for resistance to integration. #SaturdayThoughts https://t.co/MeWqDOisH3

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

#OnThisDay in 1965, a white mob murdered the Rev. James Reeb (@UUSC) during the Selma march. All-white jury acquitted his killers. Among the 40 martyrs listed on @splcenter #CivilRights Memorial. #Courage #FridayMorning #FlashbackFriday https://t.co/MeWqDOisH3

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Sons of KKK preacher reflect on violent past, by @Jarchote of the @ManshipSchool. https://t.co/fbJJ88CN6V via @hammondlastar

[Liz Ryan @LizRyanColdCase]

Congratulations Rachel @remroc15 for this national honor for your work on this #CivilRightsColdCase story!!! So happy that you are being recognized for your hard work and dedication!

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Huge congratulations to Rachel Mipro, who just captured 3rd place for explanatory reporting in the national Hearst Awards, the most prestigious contest for student journalists! @remroc15 was honored for this @LSU @ManshipSchool Cold Case Project story. https://t.co/F0E42UV4Gs

[Liz Ryan @LizRyanColdCase]

How Rarely Seen Archival Footage Brought a Civil-Rights-Era Story to Life https://t.co/Hjrifsy0HY via @frontlinepbs

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Tonight at 9 on @frontlinepbs, Stanley Nelson, an adjunct prof the @ManshipSchool who helps run the @LSU Cold Case Project, will talk about the Ku Klux Klan murder of Wharlest Jackson in 1967. Watch it on your local @lpborg station. https://t.co/7WodoBmNE5 #lalege #lagov

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Students hit a roadblock studying Klan violence. They drafted a law to release more @FBI files about cases in LA & other Southern states. By @LizRyanColdCase, @Laranicholson_ & @remroc15 of the @LSU @ManshipSchool Cold Case Project. https://t.co/5Z7jmpnVnN #lalege #lagov

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Thanks to the work of high school students, more FBI files on KKK violence in LA & other Southern states could be released, by @LizRyanColdCase, @Laranicholson_ & @remroc15 of the @LSU @Cold Case Project. Nice to see their story on A1 in Lafayette.
https://t.co/5Z7jmpnVnN

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

Action in Congress might lead to FBI release of thousands of files on Louisiana KKK, civil rights-era murders, by @LizRyanColdCase. Also watch the great video by former @ManshipSchool students @carolinefenton1 & Payton Ibos. https://t.co/nJb5riRFHN

[LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau @ManshipXGR]

@ManshipSchool Statehouse reporter Piper Hutchinson is tracking the start of the special #LaLege session on redistricting today. You can follow her tweets at @PiperHutchBR & read her stories here, at https://t.co/vYWQWNjULJ & in newspapers & on websites around the state. #lagov

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

#OnThisDay in 1957, truck driver Willie Edwards Jr., 24, was on his way to work in Montgomery AL when 4 Klansmen forced him to jump off a bridge into the Alabama River, killing him. #OTD #BlackHistory #SundayMorning https://t.co/MeWqDOisH3

[Liz Ryan @LizRyanColdCase]

"Column: Here’s what happens next for unsolved ‘cold case’ killings from the civil rights era" column by @nick_goldberg https://t.co/HdSUyfXGil

[Liz Ryan @LizRyanColdCase]

Thank you @ALReporter for running this story about the Scottsboro Boys and the work of Alabamans to preserve their important legacy!

[Alabama Political Reporter @ALReporter]

Their legacy endures in several U.S. Supreme Court decisions recognizing Americans have the right to receive effective legal counsel.
https://t.co/H9IOVkEUmi