Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner Murder Site

James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were killed on the night of June 21, 1964, on a back road west of Highway 19. Their bodies were taken to a farm southwest of Philadelphia and buried under an earthen dam being built for a pond; a contractor's bulldozer most likely covered the grave. The search lasted 44 days. It ended on August 4, when an informant known as Mr. X led federal agents to the dam after the FBI offered a $25,000 reward. Forty years later he was named as Maynard King, a Highway Patrol officer.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mount Zion Methodist Church — 8.5 mi
  The Black church in Longdale burned by the Klan on June 16, 1964, rebuilt by its congregation, and the place Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner had gone to visit when they were murdered.
• Old Neshoba County Jail — 8.8 mi
  The 1955 jail in downtown Philadelphia where James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were held on June 21, 1964, hours before they were murdered.
• Chahta Immi Cultural Center — 12 mi
  The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' own museum and cultural center at Pearl River, with basketry, artifacts and the tribe's guidance on what visitors may see.
• Nanih Waiya — 18 mi
  The Mother Mound of the Choctaw in Winston County, a sacred origin place returned to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in 2008.

More markers nearby

• Marty Stuart — 8.7 mi
• Adam Monroe Byrd — 8.9 mi
• Marty Gamblin — 8.9 mi
• Otis Rush — 9.0 mi