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THE CARAVAN IS UNDER WAY!
FREEDOM SUMMER 2004 IN THE NEWS! |
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The Freedom Summer 2004 Ride For Justice has
received broad national coverage in the news media since the riders left New York on June
10th. Links to some of the coverage are provided below. |
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Interview with Tavis Smiley "Philadelphia, Miss., 40 Years Later"
NPR (audio) - Jun 21, 2004
SMILEY : Ben Chaney, I hear what you were doing, and I'm glad to know that
you are continuing the work of your brother, but what is it do you think
we, as a ...
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Reopening these cases reminds about freedom
Newsday, NY - 6/24
... move on. I say we should never forget. We need to remember
Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney as symbols of hope. Those
two northern ... |
Forty years later, the quest for justice should continue
Baltimore Sun, MD - 7 hours ago
... I say we should never forget. We need to remember Mr.
Schwerner, Mr. Goodman and Mr. Chaney as symbols of
hope. Those two Northern ...
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5 questions with Ben Chaney
The State, SC - Jun 11, 2004: Chaney is the head of the James Earl
Chaney Foundation. ... I started the Chaney Foundation because of the
desecration of my brother’s grave in Mississippi. |
.jpg) Meridian honors slain civil rights
worker
Meridian Star, MS - Jun 23, 2004
... Then, on June 21, 1964, Ben’s brother, a black
civil ... Ben Chaney, who was 11 when his brother
died, said this year ... Chaney said he and a group of about
10 young ... |
NY man picks up torch left by murdered brother
Baton Rouge Advocate, LA - Jun 23, 2004
... Earl Chaney, was going that Sunday morning in June
1964. But he knew he wanted to go with him. Ben Chaney was
11. His brother, James Earl, had just turned 21. ... |
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Neshoba marks 'day of liberation'
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Jun 21, 2004
... the first time — honored the lives of Michael Schwerner, James
Chaney and Andrew Goodman, killed on June 21, 1964 ...
Chaney's brother, Ben, welcomed the ... |
Freedom Ride journeys to BR
KATC, LA - Jun 21, 2004
The Freedom Summer Ride for Justice 2004 arrives at
Southern University at 2 pm led by Ben Chaney -- the founder
of the James Earl Chaney Foundation. ... |
Coalition seeks to reopen case of civil-rights workers
Workers World - Jun 20, 2004
... violations and sentenced to terms ranging from three to 10
years ... stop tour beginning in New York City on June 9. It
... The need for truth is there," Ben Chaney said
... |
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Suicide? Lynching?
Times Picayune, LA - Jun 20, 2004
... say he walked outside his Kokomo home one June night in
... One of them is Ben Chaney, brother of the
Chaney killed ... like there's a pattern here to me," Chaney
said ... |
40th Anniversary of "Freedom Summer" Murders
WLBT-TV, MS - Jun 20, 2004
... Two memorial ceremonies were held on Sunday, June 20th
... Ashton Bennett, a 13-year-old from Meridian said ...
One of the victim's brothers, Ben Chaney, also a keynote
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Students retrace civil rights project marked by workers'
deaths
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS - Jun 19, 2004
... City, left the Western campus for Mississippi on June
20, 1964. ... a voter-registration bus caravan organized by
Chaney's brother, Ben Chaney, is focusing ...
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Community confronts ugly past
Palm Beach Post, FL - Jun 19, 2004
... - On a half-cloudy day in June, Nettie Cox ...
out here to Rock Cut Road, about 15 miles south of ...
civil-rights pioneer Bob Moses and Chaney's brother, Ben
Chaney. ... |
Community confronts ugly past
Palm Beach Post, FL - Jun 19, 2004
... - On a half-cloudy day in June, Nettie Cox ...
out here to Rock Cut Road, about 15 miles south of ...
civil-rights pioneer Bob Moses and Chaney's brother, Ben
Chaney. ... |
Freedom Summer 2004 Celebration
WTOK, MS - Jun 15, 2004
At a news conference Tuesday, organizers announced a graveside service for
11:00 am at Okatibbee Missionary Baptist Church for slain civil rights
worker James ... |
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Tour honors civil rights, slain workers
The State, SC - Jun 14, 2004
Ben Chaney recalls riding in the back seat as his brother,
James Earl Chaney, drove the ... other young civil rights
workers were reported missing June 21, 1964 ... |
Tour honors civil rights, slain workers
The State, SC - Jun 14, 2004
... Forty years later, Chaney, now 51, is leading Freedom
Summer 2004, a bus tour of civil rights sites and a voter
registration drive. ... |
Freedom Riders spread message about voting
WIS, SC - Jun 13, 2004
(Columbia) June 13, 2004 - They came by the bus load, black,
white, old and young. They are freedom riders with message. Ben
Chaney says the tour is all about ... |
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Freedom Riders spread message about voting
WIS, SC - Jun 13, 2004
(Columbia) June 13, 2004 - They ... Ben Chaney
says the tour is all about the vote, "This tour is about ... Ashlee
Henderson, 19, is a college student from Tennessee. ...
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‘ Freedom ’ bus to stop in Columbia
The State, SC - Jun 11, 2004
... the same route they and others did for Freedom Summer
2004. ... begun by the James Earl Chaney Foundation,
a ... rights organization founded by Ben Chaney, the
brother ... |
The pain endures for 'Little Ben Chaney'
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - Jun
11, 2004
... from left) Michael Schwerner, James Earl Chaney and
Andrew Goodman were murdered in Mississippi in June 1964. ...
Finally Fannie Lee Chaney moved Ben and her ...
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Nation/world briefs
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Jun
10, 2004
... It is an effort led by Ben Chaney, the brother
of James Chaney, who along ... trip is to include a
memorial service in Mississippi and conclude June 25 in ...
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Tour to Register Voters, Recall Slayings
Newsday, NY - Jun 10, 2004
... It is not a vacation," Ben Chaney said as the
group ... James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from
Mississippi ... federal civil rights violations in the June
21, 1964 ... |
Students and US Representatives Seek Re-opening of
'Mississippi ...
AScribe - Jun 9, 2004
... The students also will ride on a recreation of the 1964
Freedom Rides this summer, arranged by Ben
Chaney, the younger brother of one of the victims |
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Pamphlet points to site of Neshoba slayings
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Jun 1, 2004
... east of town, the tour travels to Mount Zion Methodist Church
off Mississippi 16, where on June 16, 1964, Klansmen
... Chaney's brother, Ben, applauds that ...
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Citizens' group calls for prosecution of killers of civil
rights ...
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS - May 26, 2004
... Ben Chaney, the brother of James Chaney,
will lead a 20-bus caravan will embark a 20-stop tour
beginning in New York City on June 9 to commemorate the 40th ...
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What the G-Men Knew
New York Times Tue, 22 Jun 2004 9:44 PM PDT
Under J. Edgar Hoover, F.B.I. surveillance was overly intrusive and
largely ineffective. But in one case, it worked. |
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RELATED FREEDOM
SUMMER 2004 NEWS
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ACLU Visiting Neighborhoods on Anniversary of "Freedom
Summer"
WLBT-TV, MS - Jun 21, 2004
By Mari Payton. June 21, 2004 marks the 40th anniversary of the "Freedom
Summer" murders. On this day in 1964, three murdered civil rights
workers went missing. ... |
After 40 years, Mississippi town honors slain civil rights
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Boston Globe, MA - Jun 19, 2004
By Lynda Edwards, Associated Press Writer | June 20, 2004. ...
Goodman, 20 -- both white men from New York City -- were part of the 1964
"Freedom Summer" program in ... |
Miss. Community to Document KKK Slayings
ABC News - Jun 18, 2004
June 18, 2004 — Forty years after three civil rights activists were
executed by the ... men from New York City were part of the 1964 "Freedom
Summer" program in ... |
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Hip-hop message to young: get out and vote
Guardian, UK - Jun 18, 2004
... who went to the deep south 40 years ago during the Mississippi
Freedom Summer. ... Diddy" Combs plans to create a
show for MTV this summer in which ... In 2004, if hip
... |
WFU
students to participate in Freedom Summer 2004
internships
Wake Forest University News Service, NC - Jun
9, 2004
Freedom Summer 2004, an internship program sponsored
by the Third Reconstruction Institute, affiliated with the Industrial
Areas Foundation (IAF), commemorates ... |
Children's Defense Fund Commemorates 40th Anniversary of
Freedom ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jun 1,
2004
... In March of 2004, Johns Hopkins Universitys Center for
Summer Learning presented CDF Freedom Schools with the first
Excellence in Summer Learning Award. ...
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Mother of slain civil rights figure visits Jewish Community Council
Riverdale Review - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Against the backdrop of one of the ugliest moments in American history,
one local organization launched an ambitious voter registration project
this past week. |
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