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They Meet
James Chaney and Michael Schwerener meet in Meridian, Mississippi. -
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James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner
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The Disappearence
Andrew Goodman meets Chaney and Schwerener at Mt. Zion Church. That afternoon the three of them disappear. -
Found Car
The three activists car is found burned near the town of Bogue Chitto -
The Bodies
FBI agents find the bodies of the three men under a dirt dam near Philidelphia, Mississippi -
Trials
Seven defendants are found guilty of conspiracy in the murder of the three civil rights workers. -
Edgar Ray Killen is Tried
Edgar Ray Killen is convicted of manslaughter on three counts for the deaths of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerener