[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Mississippi, 1964

[Irene L. Malone]

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> From: "Irene L. Malone" <irenelsm at mcn.org>
> Date: June 21, 2014 9:13:02 AM PDT
> To: mcn.listserve
> Subject: Fwd: Mississippi, 1964
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>> From: "Lorraine C. Miller" <info at naacpnet.org>
>> Date: June 21, 2014 5:07:37 AM PDT
>> To: Irene Malone <irenelsm at mcn.org>
>> Subject: Mississippi, 1964
>> Reply-To: info at naacpnet.org
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>>  	Mississippi, 1964:
>>
>> Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney had only just  
>> begun working on the Freedom Summer campaign to register black  
>> Mississippians to vote when they suddenly disappeared.
>>
>> Schwerner and Goodman were two Jewish men from New York—they had  
>> been there less than a week—and Chaney was a local black activist.  
>> They had just finished investigating the bombing of a nearby  
>> church when they were taken into custody under false pretenses,  
>> and never again seen by their fellow volunteers.
>>
>> The disappearance of these three men sparked national outrage, and  
>> the FBI converged on Mississippi to investigate. They discovered  
>> that on June 21, 1964, immediately upon being released from  
>> custody, the young activists had been brutally beaten and murdered  
>> by a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob. The FBI's investigation led to the  
>> first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in  
>> Mississippi.
>>
>> Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day we lost these brave  
>> defenders of civil rights. Here are two things you can do to  
>> commemorate this day:
>>
>> First, pledge to vote this November to honor the sacrifices made  
>> by Freedom Summer activists for our right to vote.
>>
>> Then, share this graphic on Facebook to honor these three fallen  
>> activists.
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>>
>>
>> The circumstances under which we fight may have changed, but our  
>> values remain constant. All Americans, regardless of income or the  
>> color of their skin, must be able to freely exercise their  
>> constitutional right to vote.
>>
>> The work of civil rights activists to protect this right did not  
>> stop when Freedom Summer ended, or even with the passage of the  
>> Voting Rights Act of 1965. As long as there are legislators  
>> fighting to keep our most vulnerable populations away from the  
>> polls, our work and our struggle continues.
>>
>> Join your voice with your fellow champions of civil and human  
>> rights. Take just one minute to do these things:
>>
>> Pledge to exercise your hard-won right to vote in November.
>>
>> http://action.naacp.org/My-Vote-2014
>>
>> Share this graphic to honor the ongoing fight for voting rights.
>>
>> http://action.naacp.org/Honor-Freedom-Summer
>>
>> In solidarity,
>>
>> Lorraine C. Miller
>> Interim President and CEO
>> NAACP	
>>
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