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[Archive] Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner

Since the JFP launched in October 2002, the following pieces have discussed, in one way or another, the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner and the effect of that tragedy on modern-day Mississippi. We present these stories together as an archive in honor of June 21, 2004—the 40th anniversary of their deaths in Neshoba County.

September 22, 2002 – South Toward Home

December 19, 2002 – Our Boy Trent

June 26, 2003 – Say These Words With Me

June 30, 2003 – Plea to Candidates: Prosecute Civil Rights Murders

Oct 29, 2003 – Haley's Choice

Dec. 10, 2003 – Just As I Am

March 24, 2004 – Mississippi Burning, and Other Tall Tales

May 26, 2004 – Philadelphia Coalition Calls for Justice

June 10, 2004 – The Next Generation

June 13, 2004 – Neshoba County Coalition Calls for Justice

June 16, 2004 – Dick Molpus' 1989 Apology for Murders

June 16, 2004 – Bigotry of Low Expectations

June 16, 2004 – Down A Southern Road

June 20, 2004 – Dick Molpus Raises the Roof in Neshoba County

June 24, 2004 – I Felt the Earth Move

July 1, 2004 – Just Another Church

July 1, 2004 – Summer of '64: A Freedom Fighter Remembers the Struggle

Sept. 22, 2004 – Tavis Smiley Interviews Richard Barrett on NPR

Sept. 29, 2004 – Of 'Rednecks' and 'Shoeshine Boys'

Sept. 30, 2004 – To Live and Die in Dixie

Sept. 30, 2004 – X Marks the Boycott

Oct. 1, 2004 – Real Mississippians Aren't Racist: A Petition for Justice

Oct. 7, 2004 – Sound and Fury

Oct. 14, 2004 – 'It Is a New Day'

Dec. 20, 2004 – The South Has Risen Again

Dec. 20, 2004 – $100,000 Reward Offered in Civil Rights Murders

Dec. 23, 2004 – What A Gift

Jan. 6, 2005 – Indictments and Arrest

Jan. 13, 2005 – Justice Overdue

Jan. 13, 2005 – Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Feb. 2, 2005 – Tribute to Slain Men Hits a Roadblock

March 9, 2005 – Hush, Somebody's Calling Our Name

June 8, 2005 – For the Children

June 12, 2005 – JFP Blog on Killen Trial

June 22, 2005 – Natalie Irby: Thank You, Mr. McIntyre

June 22, 2005 – After Killen: What's Next for Mississippi?

June 26, 2005 – Kate Medley's Gallery of Edgar Ray Killen Trial Photos

June 29, 2005 – Killen's Bad Week Worsens

 
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