Preacher

The fourth row of Reporting America's Story deals with violence, prejudice feelings, and religion.  There are three canvases in this row and Preacher is the first.  This is a chilling tale that has been lodged in our minds since we were kids, but came to life again many years after the initial crime. This is a 40 year old crime.  Edgar Ray Kilten, 80, a preacher and reputed Klu Klux Klan leader was arrested on murder charges in the deaths of 3 young civil rights workers.  Their lives were taken for something that every human has the right to do.....vote.  Forty years after the crime people were saying things such as:  "He wouldn't have done nothing like that.  He's a preacher."  Ah, the cloak of religion.