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Andrew Goodman ( November 23 , 1943  June 21 , 1964 ) was one of three American activists of the Civil Rights Movement murdered near Philadelphia , Mississippi , during Freedom Summer in 1964 by members of the ___MASK24___ . Alton Wayne Roberts ( April 6 , 1938 -- September 11 , 1999 ) was a Klansman convicted of depriving slain activists Michael Schwerner , Andrew Goodman and James Chaney of their civil rights in 1964 . He personally shot two of the three civil rights workers before his accomplices buried their bodies in a dam . James Earl Chaney ( May 30 , 1943  June 21 , 1964 ), from Meridian , Mississippi , was one of three American civil rights workers who were murdered during Freedom Summer by members of the ___MASK24___ near Philadelphia , Mississippi . The others were Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from New York City . Michael Henry Schwerner ( November 6 , 1939  June 21 , 1964 ), was one of three Congress of Racial Equality ( CORE ) field workers killed in Philadelphia , Mississippi , by members of the ___MASK24___ . Schwerner and two others were killed in response to their civil rights work , which included promoting voting registration among African Americans , most of whom had been disenfranchised in the state since 1890 . The ___MASK24___ ( KKK ), or simply " the Klan ", is the name of three distinct movements in the United States that have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy , white nationalism , anti - immigration , and , especially in later iterations , Nordicism , anti - Catholicism , and antisemitism . Historically the KKK used terrorism , both physical assault and murder , against groups or individuals whom they opposed . All three movements have called for the " purification " of American society , and all are considered right wing extremist organizations . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the ___MASK84___ , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world .