The freedom summer murders /

Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mitchell, Don, 1957- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Goodman, Andrew, > 1943-1964 > Juvenile literature. Chaney, James Earl, > 1943-1964 > Juvenile literature. Schwerner, Michael Henry, > 1939-1964 > Juvenile literature. Mississippi Freedom Project > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Goodman, Andrew, > 1943-1964. Chaney, James Earl, > 1943-1964. Schwerner, Michael Henry, > 1939-1964. Mississippi Freedom Project. Civil rights workers. Murder > Mississippi > Neshoba County > History > 20th century. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century. Neshoba County (Miss.) > Race relations > History > 20th century. Murder. Race relations. Mississippi. Mississippi > Neshoba County. 1900 - 1999 Biography. History. Juvenile works.

Table of Contents:

A planned, deliberate murder
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Michael Schwerner
The long summer
Three streaks of lightning in the sky
Making the federal case
Mississippi moves toward a murder trial
The trail of Edgar Ray Killen
Afterword: Toward the beloved community
Saint: Fannie Lou Hamer
Visionary: Bob Moses
Witness: Florence Mars
Investigator: Jerry Mitchell.