Historical Merit “The Case of Three Civil Rights Activist” March 21, 2014 History Through Films Dr. Baldwin 4th Period Hydeia Wilson On June 21, 1964, three young civil rights workers a, James Chaney a 21 year old black Mississippian, and two white New Yorkers, Andrew Goodman 20 years old and Michael Schwerner 24 year old, were arrested earlier that afternoon on a trumped-up speeding charge, near Philadelphia, in Neshoba County, Mississippi and held for several hours then later on released
The Mississippi burnings were nothing but an old fashioned lynching. Hidden and disguised by the help of county officials, this case was overlooked and un-trialed. Nothing was done and three innocent men lost their lives. Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodmen were all three active civil rights workers who all fought for what they believed in, equality (Linder). Michael Schwerner, the first white civil rights worker, earned the hostility of the KKK by organizing a black boycott of a
The Mississippi Burning Trial” was not for the cold-blooded murders of three young civil rights workers, but rather for the violation of their civil rights. The federal government wanted to break Mississippi’s “white supremacy” stronghold on the South. “The Mississippi Burning Trial” proved to be the opportunity to do so. The three branches of the federal government and their various departments were actively involved in bringing about this civil rights trial in Mississippi and these activities and
The Mississippi Burning Case and Trial Freedom Summer The Mississippi Summer Project also known as the Freedom Summer, took place in the summer of 1964. It was organized with the help of the NAACP, SNCC, CORE and Robert Moses. The purpose of the Freedom Summer was to increase African American voting registration in the state of Mississippi. One of their main goals was to organize the Freedom Democratic Party. They hoped to challenge the white-only Mississippi Democratic Party, and set
following them for a while. Price took his chance when he saw them on the road and pulled them over to arrest them. It was all a set up. When Price got them to the jail, he organized the attack on the three men. He contacted Edgar Ray Killen, the leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Killen rounded up 2 cars full of klan members, when they were ready, Price released the men and the KKK began their chase for them. When they caught up to the station wagon, they pulled guns on Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner and
work, organizing voter registration drives all over the South, especially in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. I think this book takes place during an important time because in the summer of 1964, Mississippi saw the conviction ex KKK member Edgar Ray Killen for the “1964 abduction and murder” of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. “The men had been working on the Freedom Summer campaign attempting to prepare and register African Americans to vote after they had been disenfranchised
that the Philadelphia police had a major part and the KKK had the main part in the murder.The FBI and the Oxford Police found the 3 young man beaten and buried around 10 miles away from the Jail where they was suppose to be instead of murdered. Edgar Ray Killen was a part of the KKK and was a suspect in the 3 murders charged with 3 accounts of manslaughter and was sentenced for 60-150 years in prison for the murder of 3 young men who was trying to do what they believed in and trying to help the community
The Klu Klux Klan, also known as the KKK, was founded in 1866, by a group of six ex-Confederate officers in Pulaski, Tennessee. The term Klu Klux Klan came from the root word “kuklos” which means “circle”, they added the assonant word “klan” and came up with the name “Klu Klux Klan”. The Klu Klux Klan was a set of three individual movements, and was set to support rebellious intransigent actions made by the white supremacists, in order to rebel against the blacks and the supporters of racial equality
Throughout history, minorities would be harassed for the color of their skin or their religion. America has struggled with racism because of the terrorist group called the Ku Klux Klan, or known as, the K.K.K.. In 1866, six ex-confederate soldiers started a fraternal society. Taking from their college Greek fraternity, they took the term for circle, "kuklos." (“Ku Klux Klan”) They added the word "klan" for alliteration, and soon, the Ku Klux Klan was born. The members would go on “night raids”