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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Photographs from the investigation into the Klan killings of three Civil Rights workers in Mississippi. 3 wire photos, 8 x 10 inches, each captioned in the negative, with inked press library stamps on verso; minimal wear. Mississippi, 1964-1965
CORE activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were killed by Klan members near Philadelphia, Mississippi on 21 June 1964. Murder was immediately suspected, although their bodies were not found until 44 days later. Two of these photographs show the early days of the search. One shows sailors from a nearby naval training station deployed with sticks, while another shows three boatloads of investigators dragging the Pearl River. The final photo shows FBI investigators leaving a Jackson courthouse with boxes of trial evidence on 13 January 1965.
