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The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement.
October 20, 1967. Following years of court battles, seven of the 18 defendants were found guilty—including Deputy Sheriff Price—but none on murder charges. One major conspirator, Edgar Ray...
The 1964 killings of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County sparked national outrage and helped spur passage of the 1964 Civil Rights...
Plot. In 1964, three civil rights workers – two Jewish and one black – go missing while they are in Jessup County, Mississippi, organizing a voter registry for African Americans. The FBI sends Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson to investigate.
Three civil rights workers go missing amid the tension of the civil rights movement and the growing presence of The KKK in Mississippi. Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI's greatest law...
James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman go to investigate the burning of a church in Neshoba County, Mississippi. While driving back to Meridian, Mississippi, they were arrested for traffic violations and jailed.
Mississippi v. Killen Evidence Summary. State prosecutors in Mississippi tried Edgar Ray Killen for the murders of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman, beginning on June 13, 2005, in Neshoba County.
Mickey Schwerner. Credit: Edward Hollander. Over the course of the summer of 1964, members of the Klan burned 20 black Mississippi churches. On June 16, Klan members targeted Neshoba County's...