America Goddam

Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam

- Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddam

On the 55th aniversary of the murder of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwermer, we share an excerpt from our article on the wonderful film, Freedom on my Mind.

One year after the assassination of Medgar Evers, on June 21 of 1964, word started to spread that three Mississippi civil rights workers - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner - were missing. First the burned-out car appeared, then the bodies were found on August 12. What many suspected was later revealed: the cops and Klan worked hand-in-hand to murder the three Freedom Summer men.

Normal Rockwell, Murder in Mississippi (1965)