On this day in 1962, the Jackson Nonviolent Movement and the youth council of the Jackson NAACP organized a protest against the Mississippi State Fair. The state fair was segregated and only open to black patrons on selected days. The boycott was successful and only three percent of African Americans attended the fair. The footage below shows the boycott outside the gates of the fairground, courtesy of WLBT 3 On Your Side and Mississippi Department of Archives & History. Learn more about the Mis

When Mickey Schwerner missed his call, the FBI got involved. The trio was pulled over outside Philadelphia, MS, and held. Chaney was booked; Schwerner and Goodman were held in connection with a church burning. What happened after their release at 10:30 PM remains a mystery. #CivilRights #Mississippi #FBI #History #MissingPersons #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime | The FBI Files

50K views · 2.3K reactions | #OnThisDay in 1964, the search for three missing civil rights activists — James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner — came to a tragic end. Learn more about the "Freedom Summer Murders": https://comca.st/37jq2r5 | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement | Facebook