1964 Freedom Summer murders

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1964_Freedom_Summer_murders
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mississippi_civil_rights_workers'_murders
gptkbp:burialPlace an earthen dam in Neshoba County
gptkbp:commemoratedBy memorials and annual remembrances
gptkbp:date June 21, 1964
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1964 Freedom Summer murders
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Neshoba_County,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:motive opposition to African American civil rights
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkbp:perpetrator Ku Klux Klan
local law enforcement
gptkbp:resultedIn national outrage
FBI investigation (Mississippi Burning case)
Civil Rights Act of 1964 passage momentum
gptkbp:significance highlighted violence against civil rights workers
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous books and documentaries
film: Mississippi Burning
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Andrew_Goodman
gptkb:James_Chaney
gptkb:Michael_Schwerner
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philadelphia,_Mississippi
gptkb:Neshoba_County
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6