The FBI discovered that Sam Bowers, head of the KKK, planned the murders. Information flowed, and names kept surfacing. Edgar Killen, aka The Preacher, was his right-hand man. The Klan waited for Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney to be released to carry out their wizard's orders. #KKK #CivilRights #Mississippi #FBI #SamBowers #EdgarKillen | The FBI Files

How three murders during the summer of 1964 became a flashpoint for the civil rights movement and helped initiate the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act. As the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination approaches, explore the legacy of the movement he led. Watch “Hope and Fury: MLK, The Movement and The Media” Saturday March 24 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC nbcnews.com/MLK50 #MLK50 | NBC News

In 1964, Mr. X told Agent Sullivan he knew where Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner were buried. His chilling words? "I think I can tell you where the bodies are buried." He revealed they were in an earthen dam at Old Jolly Farm. #Mississippi #CivilRights #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime | The FBI Files

We remember and honor Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner on this tragic anniversary. Sixty years ago today, these three men—one of history’s strongest symbols of the Black-Jewish Coalition—were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan for registering Black Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. Today, The Andrew Goodman Foundation exists to live their legacies and ensure their heroic advocacy was not in vain. We believe that the movement of young people that propelled Freedom Summer