By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-FBI agent is dismissing allegations by an informant that former Mississippi Ku Klux Klan leader Sam Bowers said he had a tipster inside the FBI during the civil rights movement, who disclosed which Klansmen were talking to the bureau, according to Jackson Clarion-Ledger. The paper reported that, according to FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI building in Jackson, Miss.,officially has a pretty long name. The building this week is being named after three civil rights workers killed by Klansmen 47 years ago, as well as the FBI agent who headed the probe, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. The paper reported that the James Chaney, Andrew…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A movement is afoot to boost Mississippi’s image. Some politicians are pushing to name the FBI building in Jackson, Miss., after three slain civil rights workers, who were killed in 1964 during an intense voter registration drive, USA Today reported. The Jackson City Council is supposed to vote on a resolution…
