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#tdih 1964 James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, & Andrew Goodman were tortured and murdered by KKK with help from deputy sheriff in Neshoba Cty, Miss. They had investigated burning of a church which bravely had allowed a Freedom School for voting rights educ. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/chaney-goodman-schwerner-murdered/
Freedom Summer organizers knew immediately that three were missing, likely murdered. Due to terrorism against voting rights activists, they had nightly check in calls. LBJ said it was a publicity stunt. Bodies were finally found in Aug. See @snccdigital https://snccdigital.org/events/freedom-summer/
The murders of the 3 CRM workers received national att'n., but there were many more. In fact, Neshoba sheriff in 1964 had been a police officer in 1959 & murdered Luther Jackson. Medgar Evers bravely investigated. What if that case had been prosecuted? https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/luther-jackson-murdered/
On Aug. 4, 1964 the 3 CRM workers' bodies were found. Schwerner's family wanted to bury son with Chaney. Miss. segregation law would not allow. (Even in death.) Follow link on page 
to “Lynching of Chaney, Schwerner & Goodman” via CRMvet for details. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/civil-rights-workers-found/
to “Lynching of Chaney, Schwerner & Goodman” via CRMvet for details. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/civil-rights-workers-found/
In 1980, Reagan launched general election campaign with speech lauding “states’ rights” at Neshoba County Fair, walking distance from dam where 3 civil rights workers were found. Similar to white supremacist symbol of MAGA rally in city of Tulsa Massacre. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/teaching-the-tulsa-massacre-99-years-later/
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) delegation carried images of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Read about MFDP here: https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our-history/sharecroppers-challenged-mississippi-apartheid-lbj-and-the-nation/ Photo: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM97967
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner's murder is part of long history of terrorism against those fighting for democracy in U.S. Teach about ongoing struggle for voting rights with 3-lesson unit by @LadyOfSardines. Includes testimony by Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-voting-rights-struggle/
by @LadyOfSardines. Includes testimony by Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-voting-rights-struggle/
