Today marks the anniversary of one of the most brutal chapters in the civil rights movement — the murders of Mickey Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman.
I was born in 1955 and grew up in Jackson, MS. My mom was a staunch proponent of Civil Rights. My Engineer father hired a black draftsman in the early 1970s when no one hired black men for white collar jobs.
I want to write here about my experiences growing up - how completely weird it was, looking back on it. No time now - later today or tommorrow. BTW, I googled the names of some of those murderers, and found some good articles, including this from the Oxford American:
Thanks for the recap. John Doar’s amazing work doesn’t get enough credit with the general public.
I hope the book I'm writing on him changes that!
I look forward to it.
I was born in 1955 and grew up in Jackson, MS. My mom was a staunch proponent of Civil Rights. My Engineer father hired a black draftsman in the early 1970s when no one hired black men for white collar jobs.
I want to write here about my experiences growing up - how completely weird it was, looking back on it. No time now - later today or tommorrow. BTW, I googled the names of some of those murderers, and found some good articles, including this from the Oxford American:
https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-86-fall-2014/no-twang-of-conscience-whatever