By Sister Jan Hayes On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Clan in Neshoba County, Mississippi. The three young men—two white and one Black, all in their 20s—were working with the Freedom Summer Project to register African Americans to vote. They had spent…
Fighting Voter Suppression: Living the Legacy of Mississippi Burning 56 Years Later — Connect With Mercy: The Official Blog of the Sisters of Mercy
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