William Bradford Huie Martin Luther Jr. King Juan Williams
In the civil rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and a bloody battleground in the fight for civil rights, reached the low point in its history. On that steamy night, three young activists were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County near the small town of Philadelphia.
Their names were James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. Two were from the North and labeled locally as -outside agitators.- Chaney was a Mississippi black. The murders not only shook the nation and shamed the state...
In the civil rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and ...