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On June 21,1964 voting rights activists John Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who had come here to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Church , were murdered. Victims of a Klan conspiracy, their deaths provoked national outrage and led to the first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in Mississippi.
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| HM Number | HM1533 |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1989 |
| Placed By | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 11:00pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 309528 N 3615819 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.66361667, -89.03111667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 39.817', W 89° 1.867' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 39' 49.02" N, 89° 1' 52.02" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 601, 662, 769 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1163 Co Rd 515, Philadelphia MS 39350, US |
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