When Jacob “Jake” Tanzer of Portland volunteered to go to Mississippi almost 50 years ago, he knew he would be part of a high-profile federal investigation of three civil rights workers.
What the young lawyer did not know then was how much that case would change him — or the country.
“It was a turning-point case, not an ordinary prosecution,” Tanzer told teachers gathered at the Capitol for the annual Oregon Civics Conference.
“It was a great social revolution we have gone through. We do not realize how different life is today.” READ MORE
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