Social Movements & Civil Rights

Discovery of Civil Rights Workers' Bodies

Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were three civil rights workers who were found dead in Mississippi after disappearing during a voter registration campaign. They were last seen on June 21, and their disappearance prompted a national outcry for justice. The bodies were discovered buried in an earthen dam in Neshoba County, revealing the violent backlash against those advocating for civil rights in the segregated South. Their deaths symbolized the risks facing civil rights activists in the 1960s.

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