Sent to you by Tee via Google Reader: Miss. civil rights slayings to get historic marker via Black Politics on the Web by The Admin on 6/18/09
Mississippi officials say a historical marker can be placed on a state highway near where three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964. The marker request was made by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi. On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were ambushed and later shot on a rural road. The slayings shocked the nation, helped spur passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and were dramatized in the 1988 movie “Mississippi Burning.” In 1967, seven men were convicted of conspiring to violate the civil rights of the three. In 2005, Edgar Ray Killen, was convicted on three counts of manslaughter and sentenced to three 20-year consecutive terms. AP ShareThis Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Black Politics on the Web using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
