User:Vsaciolo/James Chaney

The murders of James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman outside of Philadephia, Mississippi, being pivotal to the events of the Freedom Summer and the Civil Rights Movement as a whole, is referenced within Alice Walker’s Meridian. It is referred to as being a deciding factor for not just the SNICK movement within the state of Mississippi, but for main characters Truman and Lynne to settle on going to Mississippi to further advocate for the movement. It was considered “the worst place in America for black people '' (Walker, 136) at this time.