James Chaney
James Earl Chaney was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964. The others were Andrew Goodman and... Wikipedia
Born: May 30, 1943, Meridian, MS
Parents: Fannie Lee Chaney and Ben Chaney Sr.
Assassinated: June 21, 1964, Philadelphia, MS
Award: Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 2014)
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