Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964

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James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.
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referencedIn Freedom Information Service. Records, 1962-1979. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Civil rights handouts Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Andrew Goodman Memorial collection 1943-2010 [bulk 1946-2000] New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 44 (Civil Rights) Headquarters Case Files, 1/1/1920 - 12/31/1987 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Presidential Photographs, 1/20/2009 - 1/20/2017 Barack H. Obama Library
referencedIn General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006. Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2013. National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, 1973 - . Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts, 1999 - 2009 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Files, January 20, 2009–January 20, 2017 Barack H. Obama Library
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Class 144 (Civil Rights) Litigation Case Files National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.). Records, 1964-1966. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Hollander, Edward. Recordings [sound recording], 1963-1964. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts, 11/22/1963 - 1/3/1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
creatorOf Nelson, Otto. Papers. Marshall Research Library
referencedIn President's Daily Diary, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. President's Daily Diary, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Sugarman, Tracy. Papers of Tracy Sugarman, 1964-1965, 2004. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Classification 44 (Civil Rights) Case Files, 1956–1983 National Archives at College Park
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associatedWith Communist Party of the United States of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Communist Party of the United States of America. corporateBody
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associatedWith Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. person
associatedWith Hollander, Edward. person
associatedWith Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Lauderdale County (Miss.) corporateBody
associatedWith Nelson, Otto. person
associatedWith Sugarman, Tracy. person
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Birth 1943-05-30

Death 1964-06-21

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