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Michael Henry Mickey Schwerner

Case from Philadelphia, MS dated Jun 21, 1964

Victim Details

Michael Henry Mickey Schwerner

Male

White / Caucasian

Philadelphia

MS

1964-06-21

24

Michael

Henry Mickey Schwerner

Yes

07/01/2026

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Michael Henry 'Mickey' Schwerner, a 24-year-old white Jewish-American civil rights activist, dedicated his efforts to the voter registration and community organizing work of the Congress of Racial Equality in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. His focused work in establishing Freedom Schools and organizing voter drives made him a target for white supremacists. In the spring of 1964, the Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Sam Bowers, had already marked Schwerner ...
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