Author: Florence Mars
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807115664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
On June 21, 1964, three young civil rights workers—James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner—were murdered near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Florence Mars, a native of Philadelphia, recounts the grim circumstances of the killings and describes what happened to a community confronted by a challenge to long-held beliefs.