They gave their lives together -- Jewish Americans like Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner alongside African American, James Chaney.

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In Philadelphia, Mississippi, jury selection began today for a suspect in the 1964 murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.

NPR: 'Mississippi Burning,' 41 Years Too Late

The famous Mississippi Burning incident where three civil rights workers were lynched in 1964 involved the murder of one black civil rights worker James Earl Chaney and two Jewish civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwermer.

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