1914–1965
Biography · Civil Rights
James Chaney
1943–1964
United States
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James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964. The others were Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from New York City.
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