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‘Mississippi Burning’ Case Officially Closed

To date, the department has closed more than 100 of the reexamined civil rights cold cases. -12NewsNow

They dared to register blacks to vote, and the KKK killed them: A 52-year-old case is closed — unsolved

The killings helped spur President Lyndon B. Johnson to push for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -LA Times

The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election

States with new voting restrictions have 70 percent of the electoral votes needed to win the presidency. -The Nation

The Cost of Closing the ‘Mississippi Burning’ Murder Case

The state’s attorney general will officially stop investigating the gruesome 1964 deaths of three civil-rights volunteers. -The Atlantic

‘Mississippi Burning’ Murder Case Officially Closed After 52 Years

The state of Mississippi has officially closed an infamous case involving the murders of three civil rights workers, including two who were from New York City. -NY1

2016 Hidden Hero Awards Commemorate the 52nd Anniversary of Andrew Goodman’s Death

The Andrew Goodman Foundation announces its 2016 Hidden Hero Awards on the 52nd anniversary of the day Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi.

Murder that Shook America Still Relevant 52 Years Later | HuffPost

If you had black skin in Mississippi in 1964 your right to vote was not recognized. Voting was a privilege, and one only granted to white people. That is why my brother, Andrew Goodman, headed down to Mississippi.

Navigating Between The Parallel Universe and 2016 America

In 2016 we are experiencing continuing wanton gun violence, racist and politically motivated. When will it end? -Huffington Post

AG Jim Hood: ‘Mississippi Burning’ case closed

Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed. TV: David Goodman on the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

David Goodman discusses the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and his brother Andrew's death in 1964, when college students from the north traveled to Mississippi to help register black people to vote. -CUNY