Mickey schwerner biography

          Michael Schwerner, "Goatee" to the klan of Neshoba and Lauderdale counties, was the most despised civil rights worker in Mississippi.

        1. Michael Henry Schwerner was an American civil rights activist.
        2. Michael Henry Schwerner (November 6, – June 21, ) was an.
        3. At Cornell University, Mickey Schwerner majored in rural sociology and led the successful campaign to racially integrate his fraternity.
        4. Michael “Mickey” Schwerner was born in New York City on November 6, , to a middle-class couple by the names of Ann and Nathan Schwerner.

          5. Michael Henry Schwerner (November 6, – June 21, ) was an.!

          Michael Schwerner
          Michael Schwerner, "Goatee" to the klan of Neshoba and Lauderdale counties, was the most despised civil rights worker in Mississippi. Klan  Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers ordered Schwerner's "elimination" in May, 1964.  The Klan finally got their chance to carry out the elimination order on June 21.  Because they were with Schwerner, and would know too much if they were not killed, James Chaney and Andy Goodman also had to die.

          Twenty-four-year-old Schwerner had come to Mississippi in January of 1964 with his wife Rita after having been hired at a CORE field worker.  In his application for the CORE position, Sch werner, a native of New York City,  wrote "I have an emotional need to offer my services in the South."  Schwerner added that he hoped to spend "the rest of his life" working for an integrated society.  On January 15, 1964, Michael and Rita left New York in their VW Beetle for Mississippi.  After talking with civil rights