Book cover for The Freedom Summer Murders
Description
In June of 1964, three idealistic young men (one black and two white) were lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. They were trying to register African Americans to vote as part of the Freedom Summer effort to bring democracy to the South. Their disappearance and murder caused a national uproar and was one of the most significant incidents of the Civil Rights Movement, and contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "The Freedom Summer Murders "is the first book for young people to take a comprehensive look at the brutal murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, through to the conviction in 2005 of mastermind Edgar Ray Killen.
Publisher Scholastic, Incorporated
ISBN10 1338115898
ISBN13 9781338115895
Number of Pages 256
File Size EP-94MB
Shelf Number KZ434
Grade Range
Ages 12 - 99
Format EPub Download, Voice Text