The Freedom Summer murders

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