James Chaney
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 81 |
Date of birth | May 30,1943 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Meridian |
Mississippi | |
United States | |
Assassinated | Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States |
Place of burial | Mississippi, United States |
Siblings | Barbara Chaney |
Julia Chaney | |
Janice Chaney | |
Ben Chaney | |
Children | Angela Lewis |
Parents | Fannie Lee Chaney |
Ben Chaney Sr. | |
Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 427321 |
James Chaney Life story
James Earl Chaney was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964. The others were Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from New York City.