This week, a grand jury met one last time over the cold case of Frank Morris, an African-American shopkeeper in Ferriday, Louisiana, who was brutally murdered in 1964, a victim of the Ku Klux Klan. Morris’ case was re-opened in 2007 as part of unsolved civil rights murder investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice.
On Dec. 10, 1964, Morris, 51, was awakened by breaking glass in the front of his shop. He saw several men pouring gas inside the window, and they told him, “Get back in there, (N-word),” forcing Morris back inside the shop. Morris was fatally burned, dying four days later after giving testimony to the police.
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