James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.

On June 21, 1964, three Civil Rights Movement activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by local members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Jun 28, 2021 · The 1964 killings of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County sparked national outrage and helped spur passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act....

Nov 27, 2024 · James Earl Chaney was a civil rights activist and a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). On June 21, 1964, Chaney, along with CORE members Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

James Chaney. Credit: FBI Price returned a little after 10pm, collected Chaney’s speeding fine -- with no Justice of the Peace -- and told the three men to get out of the county.

On this date, we mark the birth of James Chaney, a Black civil rights activist, in 1943. He was born in Meridian, MS, the son of Ben and Fannie Lee Chaney. His parents instilled a strong and resilient racial pride in him early on.

with James Chaney, a twenty-one-year-old African-American COFO volunteer from Meridian. Togethel' with Schwemer's wife, Rita, they established a community center and organizing headquarters

Biography of James Chaney, one of three civil rights workers killed in Mississippi in 1964.

One of three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 was James Chaney. His younger brother would never be the same Hank Klibanoff

James Chaney (1943-1964) was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement, fighting for voting rights for African Americans. He joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1963 and was part of a campaign for voter registration and desegregation known as the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project.