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How did the murders of james chaney, andrew goodman and michael schwerner affect black mississippians
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How did the murders of james chaney, andrew goodman and michael schwerner affect black mississippians

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Outrage over the activists' disappearances helped gain passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Forty-one years after the murders took place, one perpetrator, Edgar Ray Killen, was charged by the state of Mississippi for his part in the crimes.
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