

An edition of The Freedom Summer murders (2014)
By Mitchell, Don
Publish Date
2014
Publisher
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Language
eng
Pages
250
Description:
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote. Includes primary source material.
subjects: Mississippi Freedom Project, Race relations, Murder, History, Juvenile literature, Biography, Civil rights workers, African Americans, Civil rights, Jewish youth, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 21st Century, Civil rights workers, juvenile literature, Civil rights, united states, Civil rights, juvenile literature
People: James Earl Chaney (1943-1964), Michael Henry Schwerner (1939-1964), Andrew Goodman (1943-1964)
Places: Mississippi, Neshoba County (Miss.), Neshoba County
Times: 20th century