...This chapter illustrates how, through the month of July 1964, while Luke and his fellow activists were busy teaching at the Freedom School, registering voters, attending evening meetings, and singing, they were also staying attuned to any news they could find about Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman...

... as a Freedom Summer volunteer Culpepper Reverend Dennis Dave Community Center Meridian Johnson Paul King Reverend white chaplain of Tougaloo Southern Christian College Chaney Ben freedom songs Heidelberg Polly “We Shall Overcome ” Mickey Schwerner Andrew Goodman James Chaney Mississippi...

... then looks at the public memorial service to honor Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney. Chamberlain Gwen née Thompson Coleman Andreesa née Thompson Dewar Patty née Thompson Freedom School Convention Meridian 1964 Jones Roscoe Lynd Staughton Meridian Freedom School Singletary Dorothy née...

... to serve as the headquarters in the eastern part of the state. Mickey radiated a magnetic presence that drew others to him, including James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. As Mickey Schwerner was beloved by everyone, his absence created a huge gap. No one could replace him, but Luke and his new friend, Freeman...

... for “Mississippi Burning.” This is the story that the FBI ultimately put together: On the fateful day of June 21, Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were killed by Deputy Sheriff Cecil Ray Price and his fellow Klansmen. All around the state of Mississippi, civil rights activists were carrying...

... men had gone missing in Mississippi, two white volunteers from the North—Mickey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman—and a local African American, James Chaney. Kabat Herman JK’s father Kabat Lucien as a Freedom Summer volunteer Kabat Sarah née Lissitz JK’s mother Kabat Julie “Pig” Kabat family Van Zant...

...This chapter focuses on the arrest of the men who murdered Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney. Based on two confessions of Klan members, on December 4, 1964, federal prosecutors from the US Justice Department arrested the nineteen men identified by the FBI as the murderers, plus two...