This outraged the public, leading the U.S. Justice Department along with the FBI (the latter which had previously avoided dealing with the issue of segregation and persecution of blacks) to take action.
这使得公众感到愤怒，使得美国司法部和联邦调查局(后者在早些时候对种族隔离和迫害黑人问题持回避态度)着手介入。