Missing Civil Rights Workers Station Wagon Found Near Philadelphia MS
The burned station wagon carrying Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney was found in a swamp near Philadelphia Mississippi on June 24 1964 only a shell remained with tires windows interior and exterior burned Two white and a black civil rights worker were arrested in the wagon They had been unaccounted for since that time.
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