George Lee, May 7, 1955, Belzoni, Miss. In 2000, F.B.I. files were released that detailed a murder case against two suspects, Peck Ray and Joe David Watson, Sr. The two were members of the segregationist group known as the White Citizens Council, and both died in the early 1970s. A local prosecutor refused to take the case to a grand jury. It remains closed. (Southern Poverty Law Center)

Civil Rights Cold Cases

George Lee, May 7, 1955, Belzoni, Miss. In 2000, F.B.I. files were released that detailed a murder case against two suspects, Peck Ray and Joe David Watson, Sr. The two were members of the segregationist group known as the White Citizens Council, and both died in the early 1970s. A local prosecutor refused to take the case to a grand jury. It remains closed.

Credit: Southern Poverty Law Center