- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Telegram, Kenneth B. Keating to Robert F. Kennedy; June 23, 1964
- Creator:
- Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975
- Date of Original:
- 1964-06-23
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Mississippi Freedom Project
United States. Dept. of Justice
United States. Marshals Service - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection; Copy of a typewritten telegram from Senator Kenneth B. Keating to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, dated June 23, 1964, about the disappearance of two New York civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, in Mississippi. Goodman and Schwerner disappeared with Mississippian James Chaney near Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964. Keating recommends that the Department of Justice assist in the investigation and suggests that U.S. Marshals be assigned to protect civil rights workers in Mississippi.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_e5ecf46c-80ca-42ba-b411-36638deffced
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection
Box 1, Folder 2 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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