- Collection:
- Indianapolis recorder
- Title:
- Three Missing Civil Rights Workers
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Subject:
- Civil rights demonstrations--Indiana--Indianapolis
Civil rights workers--Indiana--Indianapolis
Signs and signboards--Indiana--Indianapolis
Murder--Mississippi--Philadelphia
Congress of Racial Equality
Rites and ceremonies--Indiana--Indianapolis - People:
- Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964 - Location:
- United States, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, 39.76838, -86.15804
United States, Mississippi, Neshoba County, Philadelphia, 32.77152, -89.11673 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The 1964 murder of three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Mississippi had a profound impact on Americans throughout the country. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) held a prayer vigil for the missing Civil Rights workers in downtown Indianapolis.
- Metadata URL:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p0303/id/443
- IIIF manifest:
- https://images.indianahistory.org/iiif/2/p0303:443/manifest.json
- Original Collection:
- Indianapolis Recorder
P 0303 - Contributing Institution:
- Indiana Historical Society
- Rights:
-
