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On June 21, 1964, three civil rights movement activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi by local members of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Earlier the same day they were arrested for speeding, and after being released were followed by local law enforcement and others affiliated with the authorities, all of which were associated with the Klan. After being followed for some time, the three were abducted by the group, brought to a secluded location, and shot and killed. They were then buried in an earthen dam. All three activists were associated with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and its member organization, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). They had been working with the Freedom Summer campaign by attempting to register African Americans in Mississippi to vote. Since 1890, southern states had systematically disenfranchised most black voters by discrimination in voter registration and voting.
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Murder in Mississippi | American Experience - PBS
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Mississippi Burning | Federal Bureau of Investigation - fbi.gov
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Remembering the 1964 Murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner - AFRO American Newspapers
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Activist Dave Dennis recalls murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner - shreveporttimes.com
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June 21, 1964: Three Civil Rights Workers Murdered in Mississippi - Zinn Education Project
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Decades later, Mississippi is still burning: Column - The Clarion-Ledger
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Michael Schwerner '61 earns posthumous Medal of Freedom - news.cornell.edu
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Disturbing Details Found In The Mississippi Burning Murders Autopsy Reports - grunge.com
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Black Lives, Black Voices - The Santa Barbara Independent
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Tyler Perry Invokes His Mother, a JCC Teacher, In Moving Message of Allyship - Kveller
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