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Mississippi civil rights workers' murders
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers'_murders
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Freedom_Summer_murders
gptkbp:burialPlace
earthen dam in Neshoba County
gptkbp:causeOfDeath
gptkb:murder
gptkbp:date
June 21, 1964
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Mississippi civil rights workers' murders
gptkbp:investigatedBy
gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Neshoba_County,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
extensive national and international attention
gptkbp:motive
opposition to civil rights activism
gptkbp:notablePerformer
gptkb:Alton_Wayne_Roberts
gptkb:Cecil_Price
gptkb:Edgar_Ray_Killen
gptkbp:perpetrator
gptkb:Neshoba_County_Sheriff's_Office
Ku Klux Klan
local police
gptkbp:prosecutedBy
several perpetrators convicted of civil rights violations
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
public outrage
gptkbp:significance
galvanized national support for civil rights
gptkbp:subjectOf
numerous books and documentaries
film 'Mississippi Burning'
gptkbp:victim
gptkb:Andrew_Goodman
gptkb:James_Chaney
gptkb:Michael_Schwerner
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:James_Chaney
gptkb:Michael_Schwerner
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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