Resources and Media Coverage

Articles, Historical Accounts, Media Coverage

The media has covered the Moore’s Ford Lynching extensively since the event took place in July of 1946. In subsequent years, coverage was focused on pending investigations by the FBI, the GBI and local law enforcement with special emphasis on discovering the identities of the perpetrators and bringing them to justice.

• Lynching (Georgia Encyclopedia)
• ‘Murder’ Seeks Justice for Victims Of Jim Crow Era (Washington Post)
• FBI Questions Elderly Georgia Man in Connection with Unsolved 1946 Lynching at Moore’s Ford Bridge (New York Daily News)
• Civil Rights Leaders Claim New Leads in 68-year-old Moore’s Ford Lynching Case (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• 1946 Killing Of 4 Blacks Is Recalled (New York Times)
• A Lynching in Georgia: the Living Memorial to America’s History of Racist Violence (The Guardian)
• 1946 Lynching: Investigations End, Hope for Answers Lingers (WSBTV-News)
• Probes of Moore’s Ford Lynching End with No Charges, AJC learns
• Answers to last mass lynching in U.S. die when investigators close case after 72 years
• Answers to last mass lynching in U.S. die when investigators close case after 72 years (SPL Center)
• Looking Behind Tragedy at Moore’s Ford Bridge (NBC News)
• Series Puts Cold Cases on Front Burner: ‘Murder’ Seeks Justice for Victims Of Jim Crow Era (Washington Post)
• 70th observance of Moore’s Ford lynching set in Monroe; reenactment of killings planned (Online Athens, GA)
• New evidence collected in 1946 lynching case (CNN)
• Activists look to keep history alive through reenactment of Moore’s Ford lynching (11 Alive)
• Holding on to Those Who Can’t Be Held: Reenacting a Lynching at Moore’s Ford, Georgia (Southern Spaces)
• Seeking Justice for Victims of Terror Long Ago (New York Times)
• 1946 lynching: Investigations end, hope for answers lingers (AP Images Blog)
• Judge Orders Release of Nixon’s Watergate Testimony (New York Times)
• U.S. Urges Opening Up Old Grand Jury Records (New York Times)
• The 1946 Moore’s Ford Lynching: Another Push for Justice on Oct 3, 2018 (Bell & Shivas, P. C.)
• The 1946 Moore’s Ford Lynching Case: Another Push for Justice on 10/3/2018 (TAP Into Denville, Parsippany, NJ)
• The Horror of Lynchings Lives On (New York Times)
• Investigations into 1946 Georgia lynching ends, hope for answers lingers (Times Free Press)
• Notorious Ga. Lynching Case Closes After Years of Anguish, No Justice (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Investigations

Over seven decades, there have been numerous investigations by the FBI, the GBI and local law enforcement agencies. But to date, no one has ever been arrested, indicted or convicted.

• FBI Names New Head of Criminal Division (James H. “Chip” Burrus)
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Region 11 Investigative Case Summary (565 pages, PDF)
• Notorious Ga. Lynching Case Closes After Years of Anguish, No Justice
• FBI Investigated Ga. Gov in Old Lynching
• FBI Investigates Claim Suspects in 1946 Georgia Mass Lynching May Be Alive
• F.B.I. Investigated Politics in ’46 Lynching of 2 Georgia Couples

Case Logic, Grand Jury Secrecy and Rule 6(e)

• McKEEVER v. United States of America, No. 1:13-mc-00054, Decided April 5, 2019
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Atlanta, GA) Hands Pitch & Bell A Second Victory on 2/11/2019 (Read the Decision)
• District Court Judge Marc T. Treadwell’s 8/18/2017 Favorable Decision for Anthony S. Pitch/Joe Bell
• In Re Petition Of: Anthony S. Pitch, August 19, 2014
• IN RE PETITION OF PITCH Miscellaneous No. 5:14-MC-2(MTT)United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Macon Division; August 19, 2014
• PITCH, Federal Court Proceeding, Georgia Middle District Court, Case No. 5:14-mc-00002
• UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven B. AISENBERG, Marlene J. Aisenberg, Defendants-Appellees
• Douglas Oil Company of California et al. v. Petrol Stops Northwest Et Al
• In Re Request for Access to Grand Jury Materials Grand Jury no. 81-1, Miami Appeal of Judge Alcee L. Hastings, 833 F.2d 1438 (11th Cir. 1987)
• United States v. Baggot, 463 U.S. 476 (1983)
• CARLSON v. U.S. | 837 F.3d 753 (2016) | By WOOD | 20160915136 | Leagle.com
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States, 360 U.S. 395 (1959)
• CARLISLE V. UNITED STATES (94-9247), 517 U.S. 416 (1996) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, No. 94-9247 CHARLES CARLISLE, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES, Decided April 29, 1996
• PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO. v. U.S., (1959)
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings the Bank of Nova Scotia. United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. the Bank of Nova Scotia, Defendant-appellant, 740 F.2d 817 (11th Cir. 1984)
• Craig v. United States, 1997 WL 33773540 (C. A. 2 Nov. 4, 1997)
• U. S. vs. Proctor & Gamble Co., 356 U. S. 677 (1958)
• United States v. Biaggi, 675 F. Supp. 790 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)
• United States of America, Appellee, v. Mario Biaggi, Stanley Simon, Richard Biaggi, Peter Neglia, John Mariotta, and Bernard Ehrlich, Defendants-appellants, 909 F.2d 662 (2d Cir. 1990)
• Assessing the USA PATRIOT Act’s Changes to Grand Jury Secrecy
• Letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to Advisory Committee on the Criminal Rules
• U.S. Urges Opening Up Old Grand Jury Records
• Federal Rules Of Criminal Procedure: Advisory Committee On Criminal Rules
• Availability of Civil Remedies Under the Grand Jury Secrecy Rule
• Secrecy in Grand Jury Proceedings: A Proposal for a New Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e)
• Grand Jury Secrecy – Time for a Reevaluation
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure