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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/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih...
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/">https://snccdigital.org/events/fr...
The murders of the 3 CRM workers received national att& #39;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/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih...
On Aug. 4, 1964 the 3 CRM workers& #39; bodies were found. Schwerner& #39;s family wanted to bury son with Chaney. Miss. segregation law would not allow. (Even in death.) Follow link on page 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> to “Lynching of Chaney, Schwerner & Goodman” via CRMvet for details. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/civil-rights-workers-found/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih...
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/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/teac...
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/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-kne... Photo: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM97967">https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/I...
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner& #39;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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten">by @LadyOfSardines. Includes testimony by Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-voting-rights-struggle/">https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials...
