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Related: About this forumRemember Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner, and the price they paid in 1964 in Mississippi for rights.
Remember Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner, and the price they paid tomorrow 1964 in Mississippi for voting rights:
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Remember Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner, and the price they paid in 1964 in Mississippi for rights. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2022
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Sneederbunk
(17,353 posts)1. I am old enough to remember. Many are not.
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Doc Sportello
(7,964 posts)3. I was only 11 but I remember it
It was a huge story at the time and of course backfired on the racist animals, as most Americans were sympathetic to their plight.
Some may or may not know that Schwerner was an an important person in Robert Reich's early life as a mentor and protector:
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mickey
LoisB
(12,586 posts)4. I will never forget.
