Watch full episodes below of
the acclaimed original documentary series,
Murder In Black and White.


In this four-part documentary series, we follow the trail of the FBI’s initial investigation and meet with relatives of the victims, civil rights activists and elected officials in an attempt to uncover the facts behind unsolved Civil Rights murders from the late 1950’s & early 1960’s. A horrific chapter in our country’s troubled history of racial conflict.

Series produced by TV ONE in 2008

Director/Series Producer: Barnard Jaffier
Associate Producer: Cindy Birch
Executive Producer: Keith Beauchamp
Supervising Producer: Robyn Greene Arrington (TV ONE)


Willie Edwards

On January 23, 1957, Willie Edwards, a 24-year-old Black Winn-Dixie truck driver left home for work and never to return home. Three months passed before his body was found on the bank of the Alabama River.

Based on the re-examination of Edwards’ remains using modern technology, Dr. Lauridson ruled the cause of Edwards’ death to be homicide, resulting from having been forced to jump into the Alabama River 41 years ago by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Director/Series Producer: Barnard Jaffier
Associate Producer: Cindy Birch
Editor: Fred Bumaye
Executive Producer: Keith Beauchamp
Supervising Producer: Robyn Greene Arrington (TV ONE)


Reverend George E. Lee

The murder of Reverend George Lee, an early civil rights activist, in Belzoni, Mississippi, remains an FBI cold case some forty years later.

Director/Series Producer: Barnard Jaffier
Associate Producer: Cindy Birch
Editor: Mike Vitti
Executive Producer: Keith Beauchamp
Supervising Producer: Robyn Greene Arrington (TV ONE)

* 2009 Emmy consideration
* 2009 Silver Telly Award Winner
* 2009 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award Nominee


Moore’s Ford

Few incidents epitomized the violence and racism that permeated the Deep South like the murder of two young black couples in Monroe, Georgia in 1946.

Roger Malcom had been imprisoned in Walton County for stabbing his white employer, whom he believed was having an affair with his wife. After a week in jail, Malcom’s wife, his brother-in-law, and his wife accompanied a prominent white farmer, Loy Harrison, to bail him out. What they didn’t realize was that this was a set up to lynch Malcom.

Series Producer/Director: Barnard Jaffier
Associate Producer: Cindy Birch
Editor: Patrick Inhoffer
Executive Producer: Keith Beauchamp
Supervising Producer: Robyn Greene Arrington (TV ONE)

* 2009 Emmy consideration
* 2009 Silver Telly Award Winner
* 2009 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award Nominee


Lamar Smith

The murder of Lamar Smith, an early civil rights activist, remains an FBI cold case some forty years later. A World War I veteran and an early advocate for voting rights for black people in the deep south, he was shot to death on the lawn of Brookhaven, Lincoln County courthouse… as he tried to help black voters cast absentee ballots so they themselves could avoid violence.

Director/Series Producer: Barnard Jaffier
Associate Producer: Cindy Birch
Editor: Mike Mazur
Executive Producer: Keith Beauchamp
Supervising Producer: Robyn Greene Arrington (TV ONE)

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