What prompted the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate over 150 unsolved civil rights era killings? And what does justice look like for the families of the victims?
Reporter James Edwards seeks answers to these questions, reflecting on his own family’s experiences along the way. Un(re)solved is an investigative podcast series and part of a multi-platform project from FRONTLINE.
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The multi-platform Un(re)solved project investigates the federal government’s effort to grapple with America’s legacy of racist killings, mainly against African Americans, through the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. For more, visit: frontline.org/unresolved
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The Un(re)solved podcast is produced by FRONTLINE at WGBH and powered by PRX. Some of the interviews with family members of the next of kin were produced in collaboration with StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University served as an academic advisor to the project.
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