Since the JFP launched in October 2002, the following pieces have discussed, in one way or another, the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner and the effect of that tragedy on modern-day Mississippi. We present these stories together as an archive in honor of June 21, 2004—the 40th anniversary of their deaths in Neshoba County.
September 22, 2002 – South Toward Home
December 19, 2002 – Our Boy Trent
June 26, 2003 – Say These Words With Me
June 30, 2003 – Plea to Candidates: Prosecute Civil Rights Murders
Oct 29, 2003 – Haley's Choice
Dec. 10, 2003 – Just As I Am
March 24, 2004 – Mississippi Burning, and Other Tall Tales
May 26, 2004 – Philadelphia Coalition Calls for Justice
June 10, 2004 – The Next Generation
June 13, 2004 – Neshoba County Coalition Calls for Justice
June 16, 2004 – Dick Molpus' 1989 Apology for Murders
June 16, 2004 – Bigotry of Low Expectations
June 16, 2004 – Down A Southern Road
June 20, 2004 – Dick Molpus Raises the Roof in Neshoba County
June 24, 2004 – I Felt the Earth Move
July 1, 2004 – Just Another Church
July 1, 2004 – Summer of '64: A Freedom Fighter Remembers the Struggle
Sept. 22, 2004 – Tavis Smiley Interviews Richard Barrett on NPR
Sept. 29, 2004 – Of 'Rednecks' and 'Shoeshine Boys'
Sept. 30, 2004 – To Live and Die in Dixie
Sept. 30, 2004 – X Marks the Boycott
Oct. 1, 2004 – Real Mississippians Aren't Racist: A Petition for Justice
Oct. 7, 2004 – Sound and Fury
Oct. 14, 2004 – 'It Is a New Day'
Dec. 20, 2004 – The South Has Risen Again
Dec. 20, 2004 – $100,000 Reward Offered in Civil Rights Murders
Dec. 23, 2004 – What A Gift
Jan. 6, 2005 – Indictments and Arrest
Jan. 13, 2005 – Justice Overdue
Jan. 13, 2005 – Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
Feb. 2, 2005 – Tribute to Slain Men Hits a Roadblock
March 9, 2005 – Hush, Somebody's Calling Our Name
June 8, 2005 – For the Children
June 12, 2005 – JFP Blog on Killen Trial
June 22, 2005 – Natalie Irby: Thank You, Mr. McIntyre
June 22, 2005 – After Killen: What's Next for Mississippi?
June 26, 2005 – Kate Medley's Gallery of Edgar Ray Killen Trial Photos
June 29, 2005 – Killen's Bad Week Worsens
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