Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Murders_of_Chaney,_Goodman,_and_Schwerner
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:crime
gptkbp:cause civil rights activism
gptkbp:commemorates memorials and historical markers
gptkbp:date June 21, 1964
gptkbp:film_depiction gptkb:Mississippi_Burning
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:legalOutcome several perpetrators convicted of civil rights violations
gptkbp:location gptkb:Neshoba_County,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage widespread national attention
gptkbp:motive gptkb:racism
opposition to civil rights movement
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkbp:perpetrator Ku Klux Klan
local law enforcement officers
gptkbp:relatedTo civil rights movement in the United States
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
national outrage
FBI investigation (Mississippi Burning case)
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Andrew_Goodman
gptkb:James_Chaney
gptkb:Michael_Schwerner
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mississippi_Burning
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6