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Reopening of Mississippi Burning Civil Rights Slayings Probe
Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore considers reopening the 1964 Freedom Summer murders case of Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. He reviews the 2 800 page conspiracy trial transcript and plans to speak with witnesses as relatives plan a reverse freedom caravan from Philadelphia to New York to mark the 25th anniversary.
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Jackson, Miss
Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Mississippi
U.S. District Court
Meridian
Moore
Philadelphia
New York City
Aaron Henry
Mississippi Naacp
Goodman
Chancey
Queens Cemetery
Goodman and Schwerner
New York
Neshoba
Mount Zion United Methodist Church