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Remembering the Names

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 29. Dec, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, neshoba murders, race and racism

USA Today reports that the FBI Field Office in Jackson, Mississippi may soon be named after James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman—the three civil rights workers murdered by Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21, 1964. JACKSON, Miss. — This state, whose civil rights history is marred with negatives, wants to name its new Federal [...]

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New Evidence to Act on in 1964 Klan Murder of James Chaney

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 22. Nov, 2009 in breaking news, civil rights movement, mississippi, neshoba murders, race and racism

X-rays reveal that two bullets were not removed from James Chaney’s body during the autopsy after he, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were murdered by a gang of Klansmen in Neshoba County, MS, June 21 1964. James Chaney’s brother Ben has told the Clarion Ledger’s Jerry Mitchell that the Chaney family will allow the body [...]

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