Court upholds order to unseal records in brazen lynching - Statesboro Herald

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Court upholds order to unseal records in brazen lynching

1946 murders shocked country

This Feb. 22, 2018 photo shows a bridge that spans the Apalachee River at Moore's Ford Road where in 1946 two young black couples were stopped by a white mob who dragged them to the riverbank and shot them multiple times in Monroe, Ga. A federal appeals court on Monday, Feb 11, 2019, upheld a lower court ruling to unseal the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that followed a months-long investigation into the killings. - photo by Associated Press

This Feb. 22, 2018 photo shows a bridge that spans the Apalachee River at Moore's Ford Road where in 1946 two young black couples were stopped by a white mob who dragged them to the riverbank and shot them multiple times in Monroe, Ga. A federal appeals court on Monday, Feb 11, 2019, upheld a lower court ruling to unseal the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that followed a months-long investigation into the killings. - photo by Associated Press

ATLANTA — A historian who has spent years looking into the unsolved lynching of two black couples in rural Georgia more than 70 years ago hopes some answers may finally be within his grasp.

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