Summary

J Edgar Hoover tells reporters in Jackson, Miss that he believes missing rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner have been killed But he says FBI agents will not be sent South to protect activists, insisting that's the job of states and localities

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Master ID: 78474
Title: Hoover Missing Rights Workers Probably Murdered - HD
Date: 07/01/1964
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Description: J Edgar Hoover tells reporters in Jackson, Miss that he believes missing rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner have been killed But he says FBI agents will not be sent South to protect activists, insisting that's the job of states and localities

Keywords

1960s 1960s 1964 60s 60s African American African Americans Andrew Goodman Civil Rights FBI Freedom Summer J Edgar Hoover Jackson James Chaney Michael Schwerner Mississippi activism activist activists black blacks danger death deaths martyr martyred martyrs murder murders news news conference news conferences organizer organizers press conferences racism sixties victim victims violence volunteer volunteers voting registration voting rights
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