Phone interview with Henry Wolff and Robert McNamara about missing civil rights workers

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1785971
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{"value"=>"<p>Phone interview between Henry Wolff, an attorney for the Goodman family, and Robert McNamara about the disapearance of Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner. McNamara had contacts in Mississippi including civil rights reporter David Welch, who had spoken with Buford Posey, an informant from Philadelphia, Mississippi. McNamara and Wolff listen to a recording of Posey naming many of the individuals who were later identified by the FBI as the killers of the three young men. Recorded by Andrew Goodman's brother David, who then turned the recording over to the FBI.</p> <p>The following description is taken from the inventory note for this recording: \"Andrew Goodman, missing as of Sun., 6/21/1964. Phone interview, tape recorded by David Goodman, brother of Andrew Goodman on Sat. 6/27/1964 using a Tanberg Tape Recorder located at Goodman apartment, 161 West 86th Street, New York, NY. Attorney representing Goodmans is Henry Wolff, of the law firm, Wolff Popper Roos Wolf and Jones. A part of the interview was with a Mr. Posey, who explains that the Ku Klux Klan Murdered Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner.\"</p>"}
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1964-06-27
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1964-06-27
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1964-06-27
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1964
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1964
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1 audio_recording : sound recording (Audio CD-R)

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