Freedom Summer '64 Memorial

Freedom Summer '64 Memorial. . , James Chaney, 21, Andrew Goodman, 20, And Michael Schwerner, 24, trained at Western College for Women before heading south to register black voters as part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project., They left Oxford June 20, 1964, and disappeared the next day in Mississippi. Their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later., This Freedom Summer '64 Memorial, a joint project of the Oxford NAACP, Friends of the Mississippi Summer Project. and Miami University, was dedicated April 7, 2000. It honors the young volunteers involved in the historic voter registration drive of 1964, and symbolizes appreciation for the idealism of young people everywhere whose sacrifices have created a more just society., Arthur F Miller Class of 2007 , 1929 - 2007 , Through his tireless efforts and gentle persuasion the Freedom Summer 1964 Memorial exists.. , Western College to Host Civil Rights School , The National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race will conduct a two-week instructional program at Western College for Women, June 12-27. , Thursday, June 4, 1964 - Oxford Press, Civil Rights demonstration orientation program being held at Western College in nearby Oxford. , Tuesday, June 16, 1964 - Journal and Daily News Hamilton Ohio, Mt. Zion Baptist Church burns to ground. Fire starts after Negro mass meeting adjourns three Negroes beaten by whites. Church was freedom school site. , Tuesday, June 16, 1964 - Philadelphia, Mississippi Freedom Summer, Students told: Watch out for Klan , Wednesday, June 17, 1964 - Chicago News, Illinois, Students Warned on Southern Law , Rights volunteers cautioned on arrest in Mississippi. , Friday, June-19, 1964 - New York Times, Mississippi Rights Bus Leaves Ohio , Seventy-eight young civil rights workers left here late yesterday on two buses bound for Mississippi, where they plan to conduct a voter registration drive among Negroes. , Sunday, June 21, 1964 - Cincinnati (Ap) Pine Bluff Commercial Arkansas, Malafov cocktail explodes in basement of Sweet Rest Church of Christ Holiness. , Sunday, June 21, 1964 - Brandon Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Three civil rights workers missing after short trip to Philadelphia, Miss. , Sunday, June 21, 1964 - Meridian, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Young Rights Trainees Scared Dedicated , If you realize that you may be killed and I may be killed, the problem of being put in jail becomes very minute. , Monday, June 22, 1964 - National Observer, Missing car found burned, no sign of three workers. Car was on list circulated statewide by Conton White Citizens Council. , Tuesday, June 23, 1964 - Philadelphia, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, The News of the Week in Review , Racial Crisis: Week of Violence... Looking for Bodies...Legal Limitations. , Sunday, June 28, 1964 - New York Times, Freedom House call: , "You'd better not go to sleep or you won't get up." , Friday, June 26, 1964 - Greenwood Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Hate literature from whites: , "Beware, good Negro citizens: When we come to get the agitators, stay away." , Friday, June 26 264 - Hattiesburg Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Civil rights car hit by bullet. , Wednesday, June 24, 1964 Canton, Mississippi Freedom Summer, Police, mayor tell summer volunteer he can't live in Negro section of town and register voters. , Wednesday, June 24, 1964 - Hollandale, Mississippi Freedom Summer, Charred hulk of car spurs intense search. , Wednesday, June 24, 1964 - New Haven Register Connecticut, Look, Time reporters covering voter rally at Williams Chapel chased out of town... next morning nine Negro homes and cars hit by bottles thrown from similar car. , Tuesday, June 23, 1964 - Ruleville, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Knights of Pythias Hall firebombed. , Arson attempt on site of building used for voter rallies. , Tuesday, June 23, 1964 - Moss Point, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, FBI Joins in search in south for 3 missing rights workers. , Tuesday, June 23, 1964 - Yonkers Herald Statesman, N.Y., Oxford Blamed For Rights Meeting , The village of Oxford has received some criticism from the Deep South for the "Operation Mississippi" conference held the past two weeks on the campus of Western College for Women. , Monday, June 29, 1964 - Dayton News, Ohio, Negro woman threatened for registering to vote. , Tuesday, June 30, 1964 - Vicksburg, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Pickup truck tries to run down SNCC worker and volunteer. License plates hidden. Wednesday, July 1, 1964 - Clarksdale, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Miss. Project Friends Seek Donation to Aid Work , A group of Oxford residents... who wish to further encourage this "Peace Corps type operation" ...have formed a "Friends of the Mississippi Summer Project" Organization. , Thursday July 2 1964 - Oxford Press, President Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , Thursday, July 2, 1964 - Washington, D.C., Two volunteers questioned by police who stop their integrated can as it leaves Sunday school. , Sunday, July 5, 1964 - Laurel Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Negro woman shot twice at voter rally, singing "We Shall Overcome." , Three Negroes arrested when they pursue car from which they believe shots were fired. , Monday, July 6, 1964 - Moss Point, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, FBI announces that two of three bodies found near Philadelphia, Miss., last night have been identified as Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. (Third subsequently identified as James Chaney.) , Tuesday, August 4, 1964 - Washington, D.C - Freedom Summer, A Negro woman ordered off the bus and handled roughly by driver when she set down next to white man. , Friday, July 24, 1964 - Ruleville, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Freedom Day - 111 arrests, including 13 juveniles. Group includes 98 adults, of whom 9 were SNCC staff and 13 volunteers. , Thursday, July 16, 1964 - Greenwood, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Bullets... Threats... Ostracism , "It is very difficult to sleep at night. It's so hot and then we are afraid of what might happen. Afraid I might not come back when I leave a place..." , The atmosphere is tense, oppressive. I'm not used to driving or walking around and being. , Sunday, July 12, 1964 - Boston Sunday Herald, Massachusetts, White Moderate Lives in Fear, Very Real Danger... , Sunday, July 12, 1964 - Minneapolis Tribune, Minnesota, Four young Negroes injured during and after attempts to integrate lunch counter. , Saturday, July 11, 1964 - Laurel, Mississippi - Freedom Summer, Over 200 persons gathered at four churches to take part in memorial procession for slain civil rights worker James Chaney. , Friday, August 7, 1964 - Meridian Mississippi - Freedom Summer, FBI arrests 21 in connection with murder of 3 civil rights workers in Mississippi. , Friday, December 4, 1964 - New York Times, Jury convicts seven of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of three volunteers. , Saturday, October 20, 1967 - New York Times,