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Chicago Sun-Times
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Alison Martin

This week in history: Bodies of 3 Freedom Summer workers found in Mississippi

Headshots of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner as they appeared in the Aug. 5, 1964 edition of the Chicago Daily News. (From the Sun-Times archives)

As published in the Chicago Daily News, sister publication of the Chicago Sun-Times:

Throughout most of the summer of 1964, Chicagoans likely watched newspaper headlines for any indication of what happened to James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three Freedom Summer workers in Mississippi who’d gone missing in June. Most assumed they’d died, but no one would ever be brought to justice without the bodies.

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