Mitchell, Don, 1957-

The freedom summer murders / [by] Don Mitchell. - First edition. - New York : Scholastic, 2014. - 250 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote.

9-A. 1130 Lexile.



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Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964.
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964.
Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964.


Mississippi Freedom Project.


Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Biography.
Homicide--History.--Neshoba County (Miss.)

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