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Freedom Summer Murders
Hwy 19, Philadelphia,
MS,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 39' 49.1076",
-89° 1' 52.356"
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Mississippi State
Historical Marker |
On June 21, 1964, voting rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who had come here to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Church, were murdered. Victims of a Klan conspiracy, their deaths provoked national outrage and led to the first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in Mississippi.
Last updated: 8/30/2009 16:19
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Freedom Summer Murders: | | 8/30/2009 - The Freedom Summer Murders historical marker was recently installed in Neshoba County, amid some minor level of controversy. Some county officials had stated that they could not install the marker because it was not within their jurisdiction, being located on state highway right-of-way. This isn't particularly true, because county supervisors throughout the state have long installed the markers - it was a bureaucratic argument in an effort to avoid installing the Freedom Summer marker. One county supervisor ultimately offered to install it, and got some local volunteers to assist him. |
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Freedom Summer Murders Historical Marker Location Map, Philadelphia, Mississippi
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