Journalist who uncovered truth on civil-rights era killings

LSU honors life of Stanley Nelson
  • Members of Stanley Nelson’s family stand with the children of Wharlest Jackson and Oneal Moore, two men who were killed by the Ku Klux Klan.
    Members of Stanley Nelson’s family stand with the children of Wharlest Jackson and Oneal Moore, two men who were killed by the Ku Klux Klan.
    The LSU Manship School of Mass Communication honored the life and work of Stanley Nelson Wednesday at the Old State Capitol, celebrating a small-town editor whose investigations into civil rights era murders brought truth and peace to stories once buried.Nelson, who died in early June at the age of 69, spent decades uncovering racial violence in Louisiana and Mississippi.As editor...

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