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Photo by Sam Stockard/Tennessee Lookout / A wall at the new cold case office in the Cordell Hull Building features photos of civil rights activists, including Rosa Parks.                                                Four years after the Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation creating a cold case offi <a href=https://www.adidas-originals.es>adidas original campus</a> ce to delve into decades-old civil rights crimes, the office opened its doors in the Cordell Hull Building.Legislation signed by former Gov. Bill Haslam in May 2018 created the Tennessee Civil Rights Crimes, Information, Reconciliation and Research Center, in addition to mandating a statewide survey of civil rights crime cold cases and directing cases for prosecution.The center will act as a clearinghouse for information, depending largely on the U.S. Department of Justice, district attorneys general and people who make requests for cold cases to be reopened.The office is filled with photos and quotes <a href=https://www.adidas-samba-adidas.it>adidas samba uomo</a>  from infamous cases such as Emmett Till s murder, Martin Luther King s assassination, Rosa Parks  civil ri <a href=https://www.airforceone.fr>air force one</a> ghts case and more. READ MORE: Emmett Till relatives seek renewed investigation of 1955 lynching  I m focusing on the reconciliation part to bring us together. Everybody has been hurt, and we can t let our hurt separate us,  said Yolanda Arnold, executive director of the Minority Affairs Office, who will run the research center.The opening comes on the heels of President Joe Biden s signing of the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act in late March, a bipartisan bill designating Dglf Alabama court won  t stop removal of grave in front yard
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