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URL:https://bethisraelnc.org/events/a-juneteenth-lunch-learn-event-ashevil
 le-honors-the-legacy-of-james-chaney-michael-schwerner-and-andrew-goodman/
SUMMARY:A Juneteenth Lunch & Learn Event: Asheville Honors the Legacy of Ja
 mes Chaney\, Michael Schwerner\, and Andrew Goodman
DESCRIPTION:Program Title: Asheville Honors the Legacy of James Chaney\, Mi
 chael Schwerner\,\nAnd Andrew Goodman\, A Juneteenth Lunch and Learn Event
 \n\nLocation: Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center\, 121 Shiloh Rd\, Ashe
 ville\nOrganizers: Martin Luther King Association and Congregation Beth Is
 rael\nSponsors: Martin Luther King Association of Asheville\, Congregation
  Beth Israel\, City\nof Asheville\, Congregation Beth Ha Tephila\, Carolin
 a Jews for Justice\n\nSynopsis:\nOn June 21\, 1964\, three young men\, Jam
 es Chaney\, Michael Schwerner\, and Andrew\nGoodman disappeared near the t
 own of Philadelphia\, Mississippi. Michael Schwerner\nand James Chaney wor
 ked for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and Andrew\nGoodman was a c
 ollege student from New York who volunteered to work on voter\nregistratio
 n\, education\, and Civil Rights as part of the 1964 Mississippi Summer Pr
 oject.\nDuring the summer of 1964\, the Klu Klux Klan burned 20 black chur
 ches in Mississippi\,\nincluding Neshoba’s Mount Zion Baptist Church\, w
 here Schwerner had once worked.\nBefore setting the Mt. Zion ablaze\, the 
 Klan severely beat several people attending a\nmeeting there. Upon hearing
  this news\, the three civil rights workers traveled from Ohio\,\nwhere th
 ey were training\, to Mississippi. At 4 PM\, on the drive to Meridian\, th
 ey were\nstopped by police. Chaney\, the driver\, was arrested for speedin
 g and the other two men\nwere detained. At 10 PM\, they were permitted to 
 pay the fine and were instructed to\nleave the county. They were never see
 n alive again.\nOn August 4\, after six weeks of searching\, the FBI uncov
 ered the bodies of Schwerner\,\nChaney\, and Goodman in an earthen dam. Af
 ter their release from jail\, as they drove\nback to Meridian\, they were 
 again stopped by a patrol car\, this time accompanied by\ntwo carloads of 
 Klan members. The three men were taken to a remote rural road where\nSchwe
 rner and Goodman were each shot once in the chest. After first being tortu
 red\,\nChaney was shot three times. The three young men were then buried i
 n shallow\ngraves.\nChaney\, a black man from Mississippi\, Schwerner and 
 Goodman\, Jewish men from up\nnorth\, shared a passion for justice and rac
 ial equality\, a pursuit for which they lost their\nlives. On the 60th Ann
 iversary/Yahrzeit of their deaths\, the Martin Luther King\nAssociation of
  Asheville and Congregation Beth Israel have joined to honor the legacy\no
 f these men during the week of Juneteenth. The Memorial will include a can
 dle\nlightening ceremony by community leaders\, music\, a panel discussion
 \, refreshments\nand an opportunity for sharing. Please save the date and 
 we look forward to seeing you\nat this and other Juneteenth events in Ashe
 ville.\n\n
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