This Day in Black History: May 30, 1943
This Day in Black History: May 30, 1943
James Chaney, a civil rights activist whose murder by Ku Klux Klansman spurred national outcry, was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 30, 1943.
On May 30, 1943, civil rights activist James Chaney was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
Tragically, at the age of 21, his life was cut short in June 1964, when he and two other activists were murdered by Ku Klux Klansmen near the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi.
The three men were in the area to investigate the burning of a local church by white supremacists and increase African-American voter registration in Mississippi. Earlier that evening, the young men were arrested by local police for a traffic violation. As they drove home, they were confronted by a mob of Klansmen who took them to a remote location where they were shot dead. (Chaney's body also showed signs of torture and mutilation.) Their bodies were discovered in a ditch 44 days later.
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James Chaney, a civil rights activist whose murder by Ku Klux Klansman spurred national outcry, was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 30, 1943. https://www.bet.com/article/j97yow/this-da...
James Chaney, a civil rights activist whose murder by Ku Klux Klansman spurred national outcry, was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 30, 1943.
On May 30, 1943, civil rights activist James Chaney was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
Tragically, at the age of 21, his life was cut short in June 1964, when he and two other activists were murdered by Ku Klux Klansmen near the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi.
The three men were in the area to investigate the burning of a local church by white supremacists and increase African-American voter registration in Mississippi. Earlier that evening, the young men were arrested by local police for a traffic violation. As they drove home, they were confronted by a mob of Klansmen who took them to a remote location where they were shot dead. (Chaney's body also showed signs of torture and mutilation.) Their bodies were discovered in a ditch 44 days later.
READ MORE: This Day in Black History: May 30, 1943
James Chaney, a civil rights activist whose murder by Ku Klux Klansman spurred national outcry, was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 30, 1943. https://www.bet.com/article/j97yow/this-da...
Ronald Reagan started his presidential campaign literally blocks from where they were murdered, touting "states rights," his wink-and-nod to the racist "Reagan democrats," who have transmogrified into QAnon. Everything started with a B-Movie actor to a Reality Show fascist.