jun 21, 1964 - Killing of Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner
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They were ambushed and shot dead by the Ku Klux Klan in Philadelphia, MississippiThe three young men had been volunteering for a "Freedom Summer" campaign to register African-American voters. Their efforts helped pave the way for the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1965 and their murders were dramatized in the 1988 movie "Mississippi Burning."
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Date:
jun 21, 1964
Now
~ 61 years ago