Alabama native’s true crime book on Civil Rights era murder receives top honor

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Driven by a promise he made at fourteen, journalist Mike Marshall has spent years unraveling 1963 murder civil rights peace marcher William Moore in rural Alabama, a search that pulled him across decades of landscapes, archives and buried family ties. He stands near where Moore was assassinated. This gallery traces that journey, pairing vintage images with modern scenes from Sand Mountain and U.S. 11 to show how history lingers in memory and the stories he chose to confront. (Photo by Robin Conn)

In 1998, Mike Marshall’s mom was dying of cancer when she warned him, “Don’t go stirring up trouble.”

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