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Rita Schwerner Bender (née Levant; born 1942) is an American civil rights activist and lawyer. She and her first husband, Michael Schwerner, participated in the Freedom Summer of 1964, where Michael was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.
22 de jul. de 2014 · Boston, Massachusetts. Rita Bender, 22 when her husband Michael Schwerner was killed by the Klan in Mississippi in 1964, says challenges remain in the fight for racial justice.
Photograph by Kate Medley. Courtesy of Kate Medley. When her husband was murdered during Freedom Summer in 1964 in Mississippi, Rita Levant Schwerner Bender used the ensuing media attention to focus the public’s awareness on the importance of civil rights.
23 de jun. de 2005 · Rita Schwerner Bender, widow of slain civil rights worker Michael Schwerner, speaks a news conference following the conviction of Edgar Ray Killen for the 1964 murders of three civil rights...
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21 de jun. de 2020 · Natalie Irby shares lessons she learned from Rita Schwerner Bender at the 2005 manslaughter trial of Edgar Ray Killen, 41 years after her husband's murder. Rita Schwerner Bender stood on the lawn of the Philadelphia courthouse tackling rapid-fire questioning with the same iron-clad composure, poise and presence as she had done back ...
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Rita Schwerner Bender was born in 1942 and is considered a key player and civil rights activist during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Rita Schwerner and her husband Michael Schwerner were native New Yorkers who moved to Meridian, Mississippi, in January of 1964.
