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Schwerner, Chaney And Goodman
On August 4, 1964, FBI Agents Found The Bodies Of Three Young Civil Rights Workers In An Earthen Dam At Old Jolly Farm,They Had Been Murdered And Buried For 44 Days.
James Chaney (African American), Along With Andrew Goodman And Michael Schwerner Was Involved With The Congress On Racial Equality's (CORE) Freedom Summer Campaign To Register Black Voters.
On The 21st Of June, 1964, The Three Activists Went To Longdale. Mississippi To Visit Mt. Zion Methodist Church, A Building That Had Been Fire-Bombed By The Ku Klux Klan Because It Was Going To Be Used As a Freedom School.
On The Way Back To The CORE Office In Meridian, MS, The Three Men Were Arrested By Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price. Later That Evening They Were Released From The Neshoba Jail Only To Be Stopped Again On A Rural Road Where A White Mob Shot Them Dead And Buried Them In An Earthen dam. James Chaney Had Every Bone In His Body Crushed In The Murder.
Seven Klansmen, Including Price, Were Arrested And Tried For The Brutal Killings. However, An All-white Jury Found Them All Not Guilty. Some time Later, The Federal Government Charged The Murderers With Violating The Civil Rights Of Chaney, Goodman And Schwerner, This Time The Klansmen Were Convicted And Served Sentences Ranging From Two To Ten Years. An Eighth Person Was Indicted In 2005.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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Monday, August 3rd 2009 at 10:35PM
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thank you for remindng us that we must never forget what these men gave back. They are unsong heroes
Tuesday, August 4th 2009 at 2:32PM
Veronica Jackson
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THANK YOU for reading the post, Veronica!! I appreciate it so much!
Tuesday, August 4th 2009 at 4:26PM
Hugh Gaddy
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So Very True, Irma!! :-)
Tuesday, August 4th 2009 at 7:09PM
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"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it"
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