"I realize that we must break our accustomed habits or we will die as a nation."

Andrew Goodman (1943 - 1964)
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About Andrew Goodman

Andrew Goodman was an American civil rights activist who was tragically murdered while participating in Freedom Summer, a 1964 voter registration drive in Mississippi. Alongside James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, Goodman was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan and local law enforcement, leading to their disappearance and subsequent discovery of their bodies. Goodman's death mobilized national support for the Civil Rights Movement and highlighted the dangers faced by activists in the fight against racial segregation.

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