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Mississippi Burning
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Historic crimes & investigations · 21 June 1964Open article references →
The Freedom Summer Murders
Mount Zion Church and Neshoba County murder landscape · United States
Why editors use it hereFBI case record covering MIBURN evidence, recovery, defendants, and convictions.
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Quick read
On 21 June 1964, civil-rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
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Trigger and conditions
Deputy Cecil Price stopped the workers near Philadelphia, jailed them on a traffic allegation, denied telephone contact, and coordinated with Klansmen.
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Uncertainty
The core conspiracy is established by testimony and convictions, but accounts differ about who fired each shot and every participant's role.
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Why it matters
The murders were not freelance hatred outside government: a sworn deputy used arrest, jail, and patrol authority to enable a Klan execution.
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