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Michael Henry Schwerner (November 6, 1939 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) field workers killed in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Hace 5 días · Pie de foto, De izq. a der., Michael Schwerner (24 años), James Chaney (21) y Andrew Goodman (20), los activistas de derechos civiles de CORE asesinados por miembros del Ku Klux Klan.
Hace 6 días · Dos de los activistas eran de raza blanca: Michael Schwerner, 24 años, judío de New York, y Andrew Goodman, 20 años, también neoyorquino. Y el tercero era de raza negra: James Chaney, 21 años recién cumplidos, del propio estado de Mississippi donde fueron asesinados.
Hace 5 días · It started with a traffic stop. A Black man driving with two White men was pulled over by the deputy sheriff on an accusation of speeding. In Philadelphia, Miss., on June 21, 1964, the three men ...
The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement.
18 de abr. de 2023 · The Department of Justice and the FBI investigated the killings of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, who were working for COFO in Mississippi. The report summarizes the evidence, the prosecutions and the current status of the case.
28 de jun. de 2021 · The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has made public the previously sealed materials related to the 1964 killings of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. The records include FBI memos, witness testimonies, and photographs of the crime scene and autopsies.
