print email comment close 40 Years On, Murder Charges Filed URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56513-2005Jan7.html Description: January 2005 news article about the indictment of Edgar Ray Killen for the killing of three civil rights workers Mississippi in the summer of 1964. The murdered men had been working on a project to register blacks to vote and help run educational programs in the South. Includes a link to the indictment. Note: Video clip is not available. From the Washington Post. Author: Roig-Franzia, Manuel Publisher: The Washington Post Company Extra Keywords Freedom summer Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman James Chaney lynching Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights workers -- Crimes against Murder -- Mississippi Southern States -- Race relations LII Database Information: Record 7619 created by Maria Brandt on 06/14/2005 Last modification on 06/15/2005 Published: 06/14/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/7619