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   Jun 28, 2014 · Ben Chaney, slumped over, weeps at the August 7, 1964, funeral of his brother, James Earl Chaney. Bettmann/CORBIS. Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from John Blake’s 2004 book “Children of ...

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4. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-lastingThe Lasting Impact of a Civil Rights Icon's Murder | Smithsonian

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   Life readers saw Ben Chaney with his eyes framed by prison bars. "He just looks scared," says Eppridge, who, after the weekly Life folded in 1972, went to work for Sports Illustrated.

5. www.pbs.org › wgbh › americanexperienceRemembering the Neshoba Murders in Black and White

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   Ben Chaney speaks on the steps of the Neshoba County Courthouse in June 2007, during the 43rd annual memorial for his brother, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. Credit: Ben ...

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6. www.nytimes.com › 1972/03/11 › archivesCHANEY CONVICTED IN COEDS' - The New York Times

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   Mar 11, 1972 · WEST.PALM BEACH, Fla., March 10—Ben Chaney Jr., a brother of James E. Chaney, the slain civil rights worker, was found guilty today of firstdegree murder in connection with the death of two ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Ben Chaney, brother of James Earl Chaney, on February 3, 2024. Our hearts go out to the Chaney family during this difficult time. James Earl Chaney, along with Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, was tragically murdered by the Ku Klux Klan for […]

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   Who is Ben Chaney?

   • Ben Chaney, the brother of slain civil rights worker James Chaney, smiles after a jury convicts Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter in the death of his brother. But Ben never found his footing at Walden. He stayed there for five years but admitted he was an indifferent student. He would often skip school to seek his education in Harlem.

   'Mississippi Burning' still smolders for one brother | CNN

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   Who was James Chaney?

   • One of three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 was James Chaney. His younger brother would never be the same As James Chaney's family awaited the drive to his burial, 12-year-old Ben gazed outward. "There were a dozen questions in that look," says photographer Bill Eppridge. Bill Eppridge

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   Why did Ben Chaney go to Mississippi?

   • But Ben keeps close to Mississippi. In 1989 he established the James Earl Chaney Foundation to stop vandalism of his brother’s grave. Four years later, he returned to Mississippi to help in an investigation into the suspicious deaths of several young black men found dead in Mississippi jail cells.

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   Who was James Earl Chaney?

   • Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from John Blake’s 2004 book “Children of the Movement” about James Earl Chaney, one of three civil rights workers killed in Mississippi 50 years ago this month. The story contains language that some people may find objectionable. Ben Chaney slumped to the ground and covered his eyes to cry.

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9. www.theguardian.com › us-news › 2016'Mississippi Burning' civil rights case closed after 52 years

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   Jul 14, 2017 · Rita Schwerner Bender, the widow of slain civil rights worker Michael Schwerner, and Ben Chaney, the brother of slain civil rights worker James Chaney, hug each other after a jury convicted Edgar ...

10. www.nytimes.com › 1970/05/21 › archivesBrother of Slain Negro Rights Worker Held on Murder Charge

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    May 21, 1970 · Ben Chaney, then 11 years old, and his mother, Mrs. Fan nie Lee Chaney, spoke there after to a number of Negro church groups in the South amid efforts to carry on James Chaney's cause.