We Are Not Afraid The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, And Chaney, And the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi

"We Are Not Afraid is the story of the 1964 killing of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, at the hands of Ku Klux Klansmen and the local cops. Described as "one of the best books on the civil rights movement," the murders it describes inspired the acclaimed film, "Mississippi Burning. The events surrounding this seminal event have reentered public debate due to the recent conviction of manslaughter by Klansman and Imperial Wizard, Edgar Ray Killen, for his part in orchestrating the murders. As America struggles to honestly confront its history of racism, there has never been a more timely moment to reissue "We Are Not Afraid. From the roles played by such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy to the remarkable courage of the Freedom Riders, this book relates the definitive story of a nation's ongoing battle for true democracy.Cagin, Seth is the author of 'We Are Not Afraid The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, And Chaney, And the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi' with ISBN 9781560258643 and ISBN 1560258640.