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	Biography of Michael Schwerner
		Michael Schwerner, "Goatee" to the klan of Neshoba and Lauderdale counties, was the most despised civil rights worker in Mississippi.
		It is not surprising that the first thing Schwerner wanted to do when he returned from Ohio with Chaney and Goodman on June 21 was to return to Longdale and meet with those who had been beaten and lost their church as a result of his efforts on their behalf.
		Schwerner was the second of two sons of a father who operated a wig manufacturing plant and a mother who taught high school biology.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/price&bowers/Schwerner.htm (606 words)

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		Michael Schwerner (November 6, 1939 – June 21, 1964), called Mickey by friends and colleagues, was a CORE field worker killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by the Ku Klux Klan in response to the civil-rights work he coordinated, which included promoting registration to vote among Mississippi African Americans.
		Schwerner's murder occurred near the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, where he and fellow workers, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, were undertaking field work for the Congress for Racial Equality.
		However, Schwerner's widow, Rita, who was herself involved in CORE, publicly expressed indignation at the way the story was handled, saying that she believed if only Chaney (who was fl) were missing and not two white men along with him, the case would not have received nearly as much attention.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Michael_Schwerner (558 words)

	Chaney, Goodman & Schwerner
		In his application for the CORE position, Schwerner, a native of New York City, wrote "I have an emotional need to offer my services in the South." Schwerner added that he hoped to spend "the rest of his life" working for an integrated society.
		Schwerner became the first white civil rights worker to be based outside of the capitol of Jackson.
		Schwerner's murder occurred near the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, where he and fellow workers, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman were undertaking field work for CORE.
	www.core-online.org /History/schwerner.htm (551 words)

	Gang War: Bangin' In Little Rock: Killen using Michael Jackson Stalling Tactics? NY Times
		She was the first witness in the state murder trial of a onetime member of the Ku Klux Klan accused of orchestrating the killing of her husband, Michael Schwerner, and two other civil rights workers, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman, more than 40 years ago.
		Schwerner - she was 20, he 22 - and their move, soon after, to the South.
		Schwerner's safety, the rights workers had sent her home with an escort, who accompanied her to Neshoba County.
	www.gangwar.com /blog/2005/06/killen-using-michael-jackson-stalling.html (1236 words)

	Michael Schwerner
		Michael Schwerner was born in New York City on 6th November, 1939.
		On 21st June, 1964, Schwerner and two of his friends, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, went to Longdale to visit Mt. Zion Methodist Church, a building that had been fire-bombed by the Ku Klux Klan because it was going to be used as a Freedom School.
		Civil Rights activists led by Ruth Schwerner-Berner, the former wife of Michael Schwerner and Ben Chaney, the brother of James Chaney, continued to campaign for the men to be charged with murder.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAschwerner.htm (4919 words)

	Slain activist’s widow reflects on pain, hope
		She told of moving with her husband, Michael Schwerner, to operate a "freedom school" for fls in the fiercely segregated Mississippi of 1964.
		Michael Schwerner, known as Mickey, had founded a New York chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality in April 1963, a year when dogs and fire hoses were turned on those who dared to demonstrate.
		Michael Schwerner and his schoolteacher wife were soon assigned to one of the deadliest battlegrounds - Mississippi.
	www.showmenews.com /2005/Jun/20050622News027.asp (1022 words)

	History News Network
		I was reminded of Schwerner's participation in the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park demonstrations by William Bradford Huie's book Three Lives for Mississippi, an account of the crime and of Schwerner's being targeted by the KKK long before the night of June 21, 1964.
		For six months, Schwerner and Chaney tried to persuade local fl churches to open their doors for Freedom Schools, which were started by civil rights movement members to teach literacy and citizenship to poor fls in the South.
		Schwerner was in Ohio, training a group of Northern students who had volunteered to be part of the effort when, on June 16, a fl Neshoba County church whose pastor had agreed to open a Freedom School was burned to the ground and its members beaten.
	hnn.us /roundup/comments/9602.html (807 words)

	Nathan Schwerner, 80,Rights Worker's Father - New York Times
		Nathan H. Schwerner, a retired wig manufacturer who was the father of Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old civil-rights worker killed by Ku Klux Klan members near Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964, died yesterday at Sarasota Community Hospital in Florida.
		In 1967, seven men were convicted of conspiracy in the slayings of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Cheney.
		Schwerner was a partner in the Schwerner Oppenheim Company, a wig manufacturer that went out of business when he retired.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DD143EF934A35750C0A967958260 (180 words)

	Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman: The Struggle for Justice - Human Rights Magazine, Spring 2000
		In January, after Schwerner and his wife, Rita, arrived in Mississippi and began working in a community center in Meridian, three investigators from the Commission "made a personal visit to each sheriff in the 82 [Mississippi] counties.
		By the time Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman left Oxford for Mississippi, their murders had been legitimized, and the plot had been hatched.
		He and Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were committed to the belief that this country and its constitutional privileges are guarantees that all of us-regardless of color, sex, or religion-have a right to participate in our great demo-cratic process and we all have a right to be treated fairly under the law.
	www.abanet.org /irr/hr/spring00humanrights/chaney.html (1454 words)

	The Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
		The Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
		The ringleader of the murders, Edgar Ray Killen, was convicted on June 21, 2005, the 41st anniversary of the crimes
		A major reason the case was reopened was a 1999 interview with Sam Bowers, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard convicted in 1967 of giving the order to have Michael Schwerner killed.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/bhmjustice4.html (489 words)

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		Michael Schwerner, called Mickey by friends and colleagues, was a CORE field worker killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by the Ku Klux Klan in response to the civil-rights work he coordinated, which included promoting registration to vote among Mississippi African Americans.
	www.spock.com /Michael-Schwerner (186 words)

	Remembering Michael Schwerner and the Racist North
		The first time I ever heard of Michael Schwerner was after he disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964.
		Schwerner graduated from Pelham Memorial High School, in a town bordering New York City, in 1957.
		Schwerner majored in sociology at Cornell University and started graduate school in sociology at Columbia, but left to become a social worker.
	www.commondreams.org /views05/0628-22.htm (994 words)

	Amazon.com: "Michael Schwerner": Key Phrase page
		activism was one of the essential ingredients in the tragedies that led to the murders of individu- als such as Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman.
		The FBI held files on two of the three, and Michael Schwerner was of particular interest.
		Beside Chaney sat Michael Schwerner, at twenty-four the leader of the Summer Project in the Meridian area,...
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	Civil Rights sculpture Freedom summer 1964 Chaney Goodman and Schwerner Mississippi artist Atelier Yoyita
		This sculpture is dedicated to the Civil Rights movement and the three of its workers who died in Mississippi: James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.
		Schwerner is carrying the Torah, symbolizing Freedom of Religion.
		"Missing": Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner (FBI poster)James Chaney, a 21-year-old fl man from Meridian, Mississippi, Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old anthropology student from New York, and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old social worker also from New York, were the victims of the political assassinations.
	www.yoyita.com /civilrights.htm (0 words)

	Student wins national activism award
		The Michael Schwerner Activist Award, funded by the Gleitsman Foundation, which was established by Cornell alumnus Alan Gleistman '51, recognizes students who in the spirit of citizen activism have taken a leadership role in efforts to solve issues and by challenging inequity and injustice are promoting positive solutions for social change.
		Schwerner, a 1961 alumnus and a civil rights activist and field-staff worker for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), was murdered in Philadelphia, Miss., along with fellow civil rights workers James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, in 1964.
		The Schwerner Award, Bridgeman said, as a recognition of student activism also is a recognition of the Public Service Center and the support system it provides to students interested in becoming involved in community activism and service.
	www.news.cornell.edu /http://www.news.corne/Chronicle/98/4.2.98/Schwerner_Award.html (662 words)

	Voices of Civil Rights :: Featured Stories
		She was also the mother of Michael Schwerner, one of the three valiant young men whose bodies were ultimately unearthed where they had ventured, six weeks after their disappearance.
		Schwerner somehow managed to deliver one of the most magnificent speeches I have ever heard, its eloquence magnified by its simplicity and total lack of animosity.
		Schwerner herself, whose courage and valor were repeatedly tested.
	www.voicesofcivilrights.org /Approved_Letters/252-RICH-NY.html (417 words)

	The Crime (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Schwerner received news of this and headed for Neshoba County, Mississippi early the next morning, accompanied by Chaney and Goodman.
		The second and final attempt of the eliminating of Michael Schwerner was on June 21, 1964.
		Meanwhile, Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman inspected the Mount Zion Church, concluding that it could be rebuilt.
	www.rockwood.k12.mo.us /Lasalle/stretch/eighth/mississippi/crime.htm (390 words)

	COURT TV ONLINE - Murder in Mississippi
		The reason that Schwerner was targeted was because he was among the first workers at CORE to work with fls in Meridian Miss.
		The two of them, Schwerner and Goodman, arrived in Merdian in late January 1964 and Mickey Schwerner was instantly involved in leading strikes, pickets in front of local stores that clearly discriminated, and he also established a community center in Meridian and began working to register fls to vote.
		Schwerner was targeted because he had instantly become a major force for social change -- that one man and his wife had achieved a number of great successes in the middle of Mississippi, and so for Bowers, Schwerner was an antichrist.
	www.courttv.com /talk/chat_transcripts/2005/0107mississippi-ball.html (1351 words)

	Yellow Springs News Online
		When Steve Schwerner called home and discovered that his little brother, Mickey, was one of the missing, he immediately knew Mickey was dead, although it took six weeks for the bodies to be discovered.
		The Schwerners taught their children to value all people and to respect all races, Steve Schwerner said, and their father made sure that, in addition to taking his sons to see Yankee games, he took them to watch the Negro Baseball Leagues as well.
		Schwerner said he knew his brother had died because Mickey, given the danger of his work, always phoned to alert others as to his whereabouts, and this time he never called.
	www.ysnews.com /stories/2005/01/011305_schwerner.html (1108 words)

	Case of 1964 civil rights killings goes to the jury
		Tuesday marked 41 years to the day that Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, participants in the Freedom Summer”; campaign to register fl voters in the Deep South, were killed.
		Schwerner and Goodman were among hundreds of youth who had traveled from other parts of the US to participate in Freedom Summer.
		Rita Schwerner Bender and others who lost their loved ones in the struggle for racial equality have stressed, in light of the current trial, that the issues raised by the struggles of forty years ago have not disappeared.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/jun2005/kill-j21.shtml (1131 words)

	toledoblade.com -- Victim's brother urges deeper look at civil rights conspiracy
		Steven Schwerner, a retired dean and faculty member at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, spoke to students at Terra Community College about the Civil Rights Movement and his brother, Michael Schwerner.
		Schwerner said after his presentation that reopening the case would mean more if Mississippi looked deeper into the conspiracy around the civil rights workers back then.
		Schwerner said the death of his brother made his family "icons" in the movement, but said that did nothing for the plight of fls and the Civil Rights Movement.
	www.toledoblade.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050311/NEWS14/503110370 (451 words)

	Hungry Blues » Don’t Thank COINTELPRO. Thank Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He served as liaison to Michael Schwerner and was responsible for COFO’s (Congress of Federated Organizations) Voter Education program in the backward, heavily Ku Klux Klan stronghold counties of southeast and east central Mississippi.
		After many meetings, James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner and church leaders made plans for the church to be used as a training site for voter registration classes for the disenfranchised Black community in rural Neshoba county.
		In the case of the Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman murders, seven Klansmen were convicted for violating the civil rights of the three young men and sentenced to three to ten years in prison, none of them serving more than six years.
	hungryblues.net /2004/06/23/dont-thank-cointelpro-thank-chaney-goodman-and-schwerner (1963 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 4 \| 1964: Three civil rights activists found dead
		They were Michael Schwerner, aged 24, Andrew Goodman, 20, both from New York and James Chaney, 22, from Meridian, Mississippi.
		The school was set up by Mr Schwerner as part of a wider civil rights campaign in Mississippi teaching fl children, among other things, fl history and the philosophy of the civil rights movement.
		Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman were missing six weeks
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/4/newsid_2962000/2962638.stm (578 words)

	USATODAY.com - Killen released from hospital, back in court (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Killen is on trial in the killings of James Chaney, a fl Mississippian, and Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, white New Yorkers, who were in the town to investigate the burning of a fl church.
		Rita Schwerner Bender, 63, recalled the moment she learned that authorities had found the blue station wagon that her husband, Michael Schwerner, and the two other men were in when they disappeared.
		Rita and Michael Schwerner had been married just over a year and a half when they moved from New York to Mississippi in January 1964 to work in the civil rights movement.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-06-17-killen-released_x.htm?csp=34 (737 words)

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