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:
Medgar Evers (right), NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, protesting in Jackson eleven days before he was murdered in front of his house, today 1963:
“Evers Died for You — Join NAACP For Him!”—protest in Detroit after Medgar Evers assassination of today 1963:
At Medgar Evers’ funeral, widow Myrlie consoles son Darrell, this week 1963: #Loengard