FBI, GBI to Participate in Upcoming Documentary Screening

ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge Gregory Jones, FBI Atlanta, and Mr. Vernon Keenan, Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, are pleased to announce their participation in a panel discussion of the upcoming documentary, “Murder in Black and White.” The 45-minute documentary details the murder of two black sharecroppers and their wives at the Moore’s Ford Bridge on July 25, 1946, in what is considered to have been the last mass lynching in American history.

The screening is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the Monroe Civic Center, with the panel discussion to immediately follow. Mr. Jones and Mr. Keenan will join with area law enforcement executives and community leaders to answer questions and issue statements urging continued public cooperation with the ongoing investigation.