Stanley Nelson, a crusading small-town journalist with a passion for probing unsolved Ku Klux Klan murders, died on June 5 at his home in DeRidder, La.

Stanley Nelson, editor who probed cold cases of Jim Crow era, dies at 69. From a small weekly newspaper in Louisiana, Mr. Nelson reopened unsolved killings from the civil rights era and became a ...

Nelson retired in 2023 as editor of the Concordia Sentinel. He also taught classes at Louisiana State University’s school of communications, which started a cold case project inspired by Mr ...

Stanley Nelson, editor who probed cold cases of Jim Crow era, dies at 69 Print this Article Mr. Nelson, at the Concordia Sentinel, a weekly newspaper in Ferriday, La. David Paperny/Paperny Films ...