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James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 2014)
- Murder
- James Earl Chaney, May 30, 1943, Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
- June 21, 1964 (aged 21), Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.
James Earl Chaney (Meridian, Misisipi; 30 de mayo de 1943 - Filadelfia, Misisipi; 21 de junio de 1964) fue un activista por los derechos civiles estadounidense. Fue asesinado por miembros del Ku Klux Klan junto a dos compañeros del Congreso de Igualdad Racial mientras participaban en el proyecto de derechos civiles para registrar ...
28 de jun. de 2021 · The 1964 killings of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County sparked national outrage and helped spur passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act....
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HISTORY. The Lasting Impact of a Civil Rights Icon’s Murder. One of three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 was James Chaney. His younger brother would never be the same....
The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement.
- Shooting
- Neshoba County, Mississippi, U.S.
- June 21, 1964; 59 years ago
Hace 1 día · James Chaney. Credit: FBI. Price returned a little after 10pm, collected Chaney’s speeding fine -- with no Justice of the Peace -- and told the three men to get out of the county. They were...
In 2005, after an eight-day trial, a Neshoba County jury convicted Killen on three counts of manslaughter. He died in prison in 2018. After Chaney’s death, his parents and siblings received ...
