Mississippi Voting

[soleft]

As the returns come in tonight, set aside the spin for a moment or two and remember these men.

Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Michael Schwerner


On June 20, twenty-year-old Andrew Goodman, a white student at Queens College in New York City, James Chaney, a black twenty-one year old from Meridian, Mississippi, and Michael Schwerner, a white twenty-four year old from Brooklyn, New York, finished training and headed for Mississippi. Their first assignment was to investigate the burning of a church located in a town near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Before they could even begin working on their assignment, the three men vanished.


http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/freedomsummer/a/freedomsummer.htm

[TexasLady]

1. K and R

[0007]

2. bttft and recommend with many kudos for a great post.

[VolcanoJen]

3. HUGE K&R!!!!!

soleft, I didn't see your thread before posting mine. OPERATIONMINDCRIME was kind enough to point out my error.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5027394&mesg_id=5027394

A huge hug to you!

:hug: soleft :hug:

[soleft]

7. Back at ya!

:hug:

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Thank you, thank you.

This rises above so much of the partisanship; you are so right to point it out. I came online tonight and had missed your post from earlier.
K & R :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :kick:

[GrantDem]

5. Excellent post... k/r

[KAZ]

6. So sorry I missed this earlier. Huge recommend from me!

[VolcanoJen]

8. Another kick, because you are kick-ass

:dem:

[Spazito]

9. Thank you!

Your OP is so appropriate at this time, thank you again.

Recommended.

[Kurovski]

10. K&R

[Lochloosa]

11. K/R

Thank you for the reminder

[quantass]

12. Were these events for "Mississippi Burning" (Movie) -- Great watching btw

[Kaleko]

13. Those three names are new to me

I grew up in Europe and don't know many of the details of US history.
But those three young men are my brothers, and I weep for them and all the others tonight.

Thank you, soleft, Jen and everyone here for your commitment.

[catrose]

14. I grew up miles from there

When I grew up, I would drive through Mississippi but never get caught there at night. Not a safe thing at all.

And now--it's hard to believe.

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. Kick. Sorry I missed this earlier. n/t