James Chaney

Male, Deceased Person

1943 – 1964

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Who was James Chaney?

James Earl "J.E." Chaney, from Meridian, Mississippi, was one of three American civil rights workers who were murdered during Freedom Summer by members of the Ku Klux Klan near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The others were Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from New York City.

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Born
May 30, 1943
Meridian
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Meridian
Died
Jun 21, 1964
Philadelphia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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