Disappearance and murder

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{"value"=>"3276725", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1964-1966", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1964/1966"}
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{"value"=>"Disappearance and murder"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains statements, letters, an interview, a copy of the indictment of the murderers, and associated items directly related to the disappearance and death of the three men, Goodman in particular. Of special note is a transcript of an interview (June 27, 1964) with Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, about Buford Posey, a white Mississippian who suspected that the Ku Klux Klan had killed the three men; and a statement (November 24, 1964) furnished to the FBI by Horace Doyle Barnett, one of the murderers, detailing exactly what had occurred. There are also sympathy letters from many political and civil rights leaders, and detailed articles about the disappearance and murder.</p>"}
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1964
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1964
date_end
1966
date_inclusive_start
1964
date_inclusive_end
1966

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  1. Schwerner case
  2. "Our Powerless Government"
  3. First person accounts of murders
  4. Statement by Robert Goodman
  5. Funeral and unveiling of monument
  6. Articles on the murders
  7. Sympathy letters ("letters from famous people")
  8. U.S. District Court for Southern District of Mississippi indictment
  9. U.S. Supreme Court opinion regarding indictments of 18 persons charged with violating civil rights statutes