“The thought behind that of Freedom Summer was that if well-to-do white ... white men from the North – Michael Schwerner and ...

Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project ... Dedicated in 2000, it honors three civil rights workers — James Chaney, 21; Andrew Goodman, 20; and Michael Schwerner, 24 — who were ...

For an introduction to Freedom Summer 1964, please see the Remembering Freedom Summer ... Three civil rights workers — James Chaney (21), Andrew Goodman (20), and Michael Schwerner (24) — were ...

Volunteer Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons recalls hearing that James Chaney, Mickey Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were missing ... fact that the majority of the summer volunteers were white.

Michael (Mickey) Schwerner and James Chaney worked for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in nearby Meridian; Andrew ... Freedom Summer volunteers. Upon returning to Mississippi, Schwerner ...

Folk singer Pete Seeger was performing for a Meridian, Mississippi church congregation when he got word that the bodies of missing civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James ...