The recent arson that destroyed Beth Israel, Jackson, Miss.'s only synagogue, recalls that state's dark history of violence ...

It was a warm summer day in Neshoba County, Miss. in June 1964. Three young men arrived to investigate a church fire bombing. It was about to become red hot. James E. Chaney, Andy Goodman and Mickey ...

Fifty years ago this week on Aug. 4, 1964, the bodies of three courageous freedom fighters—James Chaney, 21, Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24—were found buried in a dam near Philadelphia, ...

On June 21, 1964, three young men disappeared near the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi. Michael (Mickey) Schwerner and James Chaney worked for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in nearby ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Never before seen case ...

Sixty years ago today, on June 21, 1964, Andy Goodman, Mickey Schwerner, and James Chaney were brutally killed in what came to be known as the “Mississippi Burning” murders. Members of the Ku Klux ...

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. -- Ever since the 1960s, the families of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman have desperately longed for the day when someone would be brought to justice in the ...

As James Chaney's family awaited the drive to his burial, 12-year-old Ben gazed outward. "There were a dozen questions in that look," says photographer Bill Eppridge. Bill Eppridge In the 44 days that ...