Cartha "Deke" DeLoach 1920-2013

Cartha DeLoach, the former deputy director of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover passed away yesterday in his home in South Carolina at the age of 92.  I had the privilege of interviewing him last year for our documentary on the integration of Ole Miss. He was incredibly kind and warm to us that day and shared wonderful memories of this storied career including his lead investigation into the search for the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. He also placed the call to President Lyndon Johnson in in 1964 to tell him that the bodies of civil rights workers Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman had been found in Mississippi.

In 2011, he served as consultant for Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar”. It was such a pleasure to meet him and be able to include his words in the movie. I posted this additional interview we shot with University Legal Studies Professor Carl Jensen a few weeks ago but in case you missed it:

Cartha DeLoach Interview from UM Media Documentary Projects on Vimeo.