Yet on the murders’ 60th anniversary, which is Friday, some people here worry that the country is forgetting what was learned along the way. Others wonder what the past is owed — and for how long.

During a 1964 effort to register Black people to vote, known as Freedom Summer, the Ku Klux Klan killed three civil rights activists in Philadelphia, Miss. In this special “Post Reports ...

Though the protests were nonviolent, Freedom Summer was still marked by violence, including the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, the case that ...

Amid Freedom Summer ... forward to help Freedom Summer. (John Lindsay/AP) The atrocity became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement. Yet on the murders’ 60th anniversary, which is ...

Schwerner, however, was not there that day; he had gone to Oxford, Ohio, to train a group of Freedom Summer volunteers ... insufficient evidence. Because murder was a crime covered by state ...

It was also the summer of the infamous murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three Freedom Summer activists who were abducted and killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Though full voter enfranchisement was ultimately unsuccessful, Freedom Summer empowered the masses ... More were victims of violence. Many murders went unsolved but the workers continued.

Which brings me to the 1964 Freedom Summer. Sixty years ago ... This campaign began with the murders of three Black CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) workers – James Chaney, Andrew Goodman ...

"Freedom Summer," a suspenseful play by Toby Armour ... Police, white citizens' councils and the KKK used arrests, arson, and murder to oppose the project. This play is inspired by the ...