The footage disrupts the popular misconception that the civil rights movement only occurred in the South.
, specifically in the construction industry. This reveals how Schwerner was heavily involved in activism well before he was murdered in Mississippi. His wife,is shown with him in the footage. She fought for 50 years to have the people responsible for her husbandThe focus of the surveillance was not the Schwerners but instead the many demonstrations held by CORE — in particular,
Mickey Schwerner is significant for several reasons. Along with Chaney and Goodman, he holds a special place in the history of the civil rights movement. Like the Freedom Riders, these three activists have achieved an almost mythological status. Their murders, one of many such acts of domestic terrorism faced by activists during that era, were a major impetus for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, whichon race, color, religion, sex and national origin illegal.
who have, for all intents and purposes, become the legislative branch of the white supremacist movement.
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