Andrew Goodman

Death by Force

Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old civil rights activist, was murdered on June 21, 1964, in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Goodman, along with fellow activists James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, was part of the Freedom Summer campaign, which aimed to register African Americans to vote in Mississippi. The trio was working with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) to combat racial discrimination and promote civil rights.

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