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PEG Portraits of Progressive Activism by Laurie Williams Why we vote: Leslie McGraw NPR 8-10-18 "Tennessee Reopens 78-year-old Case of Murdered Black Advocate" (with audio) Rachel Martin Host interviewing Leslie Elaine McGraw Relative & DNA Donor

NPR - All Things Considered "There was no funeral; there was no graveside family service," he says. "They just dug a hole and put him in the ground on the coroner's orders. And Elbert and all the evidence that his body contained was buried in that unmarked grave." Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940 by EJI “We’ve still got a long way to go, but we’ve come a long way.”

Louisiana Weekly “Town will honor forgotten NAACP official on the 75th anniversary of his murder”

Your Weekly Constitutional Podcast Retired Tennessee trial attorney Jim Emison has devoted years to seeking justice for Elbert Williams and telling his story. Click this link to listen. The Jackson Sun "Researcher hopes case reopening leads to truth of Elbert Williams' death" Brandon Shields

Murder of Elbert Williams, first NAACP civil rights worker killed, unsolved 75 years later