FBI records: Late senator linked to Klan

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Source: Clarion-Ledger


FBI records: Late senator linked to Klan

Jerry Mitchell • [e-mail] • October 18, 2009


Nearly a quarter century after U.S. Sen. Jim Eastland's death, Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen still talks about the many jobs he did for the veteran lawmaker.

Former inmate Larry Ellis told the FBI that Killen talked repeatedly of tasks he did for Eastland, quoting Killen as saying, "There was not anything I would not have done for him. He made miracles happen for me. He was and will always be my No. 1 hero."

Killen is serving 60 years in prison following his conviction in 2005 in Neshoba County for orchestrating the Klan's June 21, 1964, killings of three civil rights workers.

Eastland's nephew, Hiram Jr. of Greenwood, said he doesn't believe Killen's claim that he knew Eastland. "I know for a fact the senator did not associate himself with people like that," he said. "And I guarantee he wasn't having Killen do anything illegal."



Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091018/NEWS/910180365/1002/newsfrnt

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The reporter, Jerry Mitchell, received a MacArthur 'Genius' Grant last month for bringing justice.

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