NASHOBA CO., Miss. (WMC) – On Aug. 4, 1964, the bodies of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were recovered in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi.
The murders jolted Memphis’ Black community into action—student and church-led mass meetings, rapid growth in NAACP membership, and mobilization to support Freedom Summer efforts.
Memphis became a pivotal logistics hub and training base…