Rest stop during a march in Philadelphia, Mississippi, held in memory of three civil rights workers who had been murdered the year before.
The three men, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman were killed by Klansmen on June 21, 1964. The federal investigation into their deaths was code-named "Mississippi Burning."
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/99078 |
| Summary: | The three men, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman were killed by Klansmen on June 21, 1964. The federal investigation into their deaths was code-named "Mississippi Burning." |
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