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The slayings of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, dramatized in the 1988 movie "Mississippi Burning," helped spur passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Public Domain Photo

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College Honors Mississippi Church's Freedom Summer History

An Ohio university is honoring a Mississippi church for its ties to the 1964 Freedom Summer push for civil rights.

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