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James Chaney

Civil rights campaigner

Died when: 21 years 22 days (252 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

James Chaney

James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.

The others were Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from New York City.


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