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James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi , by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.
On June 21, 1964, three Civil Rights Movement activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by local members of the Ku Klux Klan.They had been arrested earlier in the day for speeding, and after being released were followed by local law enforcement & others, all affiliated with the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. [1]
Alton Wayne Roberts (April 6, 1938 – September 11, 1999) was an American murderer and white supremacist.Roberts, a member of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, was convicted for his role in the 1964 Freedom Summer murders.
Dr. Chaney married Eliza M. Dunklin on May 20, 1852, in Jefferson County, Missouri; she died on June 27, 1874. In 1875, Dr. Chaney married Miss Mary Parke in Lexington, Missouri. They had a two sons and a daughter; one of their sons, J. Mack Chaney, who as an adult was an attorney in Kansas City, Missouri.
Born and raised in Pelham, New York, [1] [2] to a family of Jewish heritage, Schwerner attended Pelham Memorial High School.He was called Mickey by his friends. His mother, Anne Siegel (May 1, 1912 – November 29, 1996), was a science teacher at nearby New Rochelle High School, and his father, Nathan Schwerner (June 19, 1909 – March 6, 1991), was a businessman.
Chaney entered the academy with his class on June 16, 1904. [2] Alongside his studies Chaney engaged in extra-curricular activities. Chaney was a hop manager, played polo and worked up to the status of Cadet Captain. [2] He graduated from the academy on February 14, 1908, and was appointed as a second lieutenant in the infantry. [3]
The Chaney-Goodman-Schwerner Clock Tower of Rosenthal Library, is named in honor of James, Andrew, and Mickey on the CUNY Queens College Campus in New York City. The song "He Was My Brother", released in 1964 by Simon & Garfunkel , is a dedication to Goodman along with two other civil rights activists.
Murder in Mississippi is a 1990 American television film which dramatized the last weeks of civil rights activists Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, and the events leading up to their disappearance and subsequent murder during Freedom Summer in 1964.