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The murders of the three civil rights workers in Mississippi
brought to light the corruption of racism that was present in most aspects of society in many areas of the south.
The three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were brutally murdered on the night of
June 21, 1964, by a band of white supremacists. The white supremacists were associated with the Ku Klux Klan and the
Neshoba County Sheriff's department, who decided to take political matters into their own hands, and plot a string of events
that would lead the three victims to their brutal death.
Research Question
What, as a result of the Mississippi Burnings, occurred
in the areas of local law enforcement and civil rights in the South?
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