We remember and honor Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner on this tragic anniversary. Sixty years ago today, these three men—one of history’s strongest symbols of the Black-Jewish Coalition—were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan for registering Black Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. Today, The Andrew Goodman Foundation exists to live their legacies and ensure their heroic advocacy was not in vain. We believe that the movement of young people that propelled Freedom Summer

In 1964, a thousand Northern students went to Mississippi to teach Southern Blacks about their voting rights. Though the Civil Rights Bill was about to be signed, generations of hatred ran deep. This was the Summer Project, spearheaded by COFO, aimed at winning civil rights. #Mississippi #CivilRights #1960s #SummerProject #COFO #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime | The FBI Files

When Mickey Schwerner missed his call, the FBI got involved. The trio was pulled over outside Philadelphia, MS, and held. Chaney was booked; Schwerner and Goodman were held in connection with a church burning. What happened after their release at 10:30 PM remains a mystery. #CivilRights #Mississippi #FBI #History #MissingPersons #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime | The FBI Files

#OnThisDay in 1964, the search for three missing civil rights activists — James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner — came to a tragic end. Learn more about the "Freedom Summer Murders": https://comca.st/37jq2r5 | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement