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Field worker for the Congress of Racial Equality who was murdered by the KKK while working in Mississippi to organize voter education classes.The 1988 film, Mississippi Burning, was loosely based upon the investigation into his murder.Andrew Goodman was also murdered while in a car with him during the Freedom Summer.
BEFORE FAMEHe only had a ninth grade education and at the age of 15 he started wearing paper patches reading "NAACP", to mark his support for the national civil rights organization.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was raised by his parents, Ben and Fannie Lee Chaney.
FUN FACTSCivil Rights Leader James Chaney were born on Sunday, birthstone is Emerald, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Goat, it is 145 days until James Chaney next birthday.
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