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  • 50 Years After Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Were Found, We Work To Honor Their Legacy

    Fifty years ago this week on Aug. 4, 1964, the bodies of three courageous freedom fighters—James Chaney, 21, Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24—were found buried in a dam near Philadelphia, Miss. Like hundreds of other youth organizers from around the country, they came to flood Mississippi to register African-American voters in what is…

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    Malaya Davis, Scott Roberts






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    August 5, 2014
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