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The Mississippi Burning Case

On 4 Aug 1964 the bodies of three civil rights workers killed by white racists were found in Mississippi. Witness speaks to David Goodman, the brother of one of the murdered men.

On 4 August 1964 the bodies of three civil rights workers murdered by racists in the Ku Klux Klan were discovered in Mississippi. Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner had been working on a project to register African-Americans to vote. Witness speaks to Andrew Goodman's younger brother, David.

Picture: Andrew Goodman (Associated Press)

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Mon 4 Aug 2014 07:50GMT

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