ON THE EVENING of June 16, 1964, a gang of armed white men appeared at the Mount Zion Methodist Church in the all-black community of Longdale, in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi.
An edition of We Are Not Afraid
(1988)
We Are Not Afraid
The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi
by Seth Cagin and Philip Dray
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It was one of the most haunting crimes in American history--the abduction and killing of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi, during the "Freedom Summer" of 1964. Seth Cagin and Philip Dray use extensive interviews, trial transcripts, and government files to weave a dramatic recounting of the civil rights cause for which these young men gave their lives.
This long awaited reissue of We Are Not Afraid includes a new introduction by the authors that reflects on the case's history, including the belated 2005 state prosecution of Edgar Ray Killen, one of the surviving Klan ringleaders.
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Race relations, Civil rights, Civil rights workers, African Americans, History, Biography, Fallstudiensammlung, Bürgerrechtsbewegung, Geschichte (1964), MordPeople
Edgar Ray Killen, James Earl Chaney (1943-1964), Michael Henry Schwerner (1939-1964), Andrew Goodman (1943-1964), James Earl Chaney, Michael Henry Schwerner, Andrew GoodmanPlaces
Neshoba County, MississippiTimes
20th century, 1964Showing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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"ON THE EVENING of June 16, 1964, a gang of armed white men appeared at the Mount Zion Methodist Church in the all-black community of Longdale, in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi."
Table of Contents
1. June 21, 1964 --
Andy --
3. The beloved community --
4. Down freedom's main line --
5. Library, Mississippi --
6. J.E. --
7. "Somebody have to die" --
8. Goatee" --
9. Rock cut road --
10. A problem of law enforcement --
11. The forty-four days --
12. "Raise America up."
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1964 Mississippi is burning with bigotry and violence. Three young civil rights workers - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner - are murdered in cold blood by the Ku Klux Klan and local law officers. It is a crime that shocks the nation - and eventually changes it. From the profound events surrounding the slayings to the gripping investigation and discovery of the killers, to the suspenseful trial, to the federal attack on the Klan. We Are Not Afraid paints a vivid portrait of a horrific crime and a heroic era America will never forget.
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