In Mississippi, a former sheriff’s deputy was arraigned Thursday in a civil rights murder case dating back more than 40 years. James Ford Seale has been charged in connection with the 1964 murders of 19-year-old African-American hitchhikers Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore. Prosecutors credit Moore’s brother Thomas for breaking open the case. Thomas Moore worked with Canadian documentary filmmaker David Ridgen to pressure authorities to reopen the investigation seven years ago. On Thursday, Thomas Moore spoke about his quest for justice.

Thomas Moore: “I promised him in 2005 at his grave in Franklin County, in the cemetery, I would fight until I die. I would do that. When I got the word yesterday, it just happens Dave [Ridgen] and I were speeding through Virginia. I cried. And I don’t cry too much.”