During Freedom Summer, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner went missing in Philadelphia, Mississippi, on this day in 1964. Amid threats of violence, these three heroes were trying to register Black Americans to vote. That day, they were shot to death.
Burned-out Ford station wagon used by voting rights heroes Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner was discovered three days after their disappearance today 1964: #Getty
Remember Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner and the price they paid on this day 1964 in Mississippi for voting rights:
Norman Rockwell sketch, as he imagined it, of murder of voting rights heroes Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner in Mississippi on this day 1964:
Norman Rockwell recalled that while working for the Saturday Evening Post, some of his bosses told him that in his illustrations, Black Americans should be shown only as servants.
Family of voting rights hero James Chaney on way to his burial, including his justifiably furious twelve-year-old brother Ben: @BillEppridge
@BillEppridge Voting rights hero James Chaney’s family at his burial, Mississippi, August 1964: #Getty
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