Burned station wagon of three civil rights workers found
The burned car carrying Michael Schwerner James Chaney and Andrew Goodman was located in a swamp near Philadelphia Mississippi on June 24 1964. Two white and one black civil rights worker were arrested in the wagon days earlier and had been missing since.
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James Chaney
Andrew Goodman
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Neshoba County
Cecil Price
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Ben Chaney
Edgar Ray Killen
Schwerner
Chaney
FBI
New York
James Cheney
Historic events from 1884 to 2008 mark world shifts
AP recounts key moments across history including the first U S roller coaster at Coney Island 1884 Ford Motor Co incorporation 1903 Nixon Cooney fight win 1987 Bell Atlantic GTE merger 2000 school prayer ruling 1963 Watergate 1972 Simpson arrest 1994 Charleston church shooting 2015 Juneteenth federal holiday 2021 and more such milestones from Napoleon Waterloo to SpaceShipOne and Carlin death across decades and nations.
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Watergate
Washington, D.C
O.J. Simpson
Charleston
South Carolina
Joe Biden
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