Michael (Mickey) Schwerner and James Chaney worked for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in nearby Meridian; Andrew Goodman was one of the hundreds of college students from across the country ...
Volunteer Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons recalls hearing that James Chaney, Mickey Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were missing. "Learning that three of our members, two of whom were white, had ...
HALF a century ago this week on the night of June 21 1964 three brave young civil rights’ workers, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner, were shot dead at close range by a police-led ...