Mississippi, Neshoba County, Philadelphia
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On June 21,1964 voting rights activists John Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who had come here to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Church , were murdered. Victims of a Klan conspiracy, their deaths provoked national outrage and led to the first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in Mississippi.
(African Americans • Churches, Etc. • Civil Rights) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
On June 21,1964 voting rights activists John Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who had come here to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Church , were murdered. Victims of a Klan conspiracy, their deaths provoked national outrage and led to the first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in Mississippi.(African Americans • Churches, Etc. • Civil Rights) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.