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Trial to Proceed For KKK Members Implicated in 1964 Civil Rights Slayings

HeadlineMay 24, 2005

In Mississippi, a judge ruled Monday that the trial of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman accused of slaying three civil rights workers in 1964 will go ahead as planned on June 13. Edgar Ray Killen is charged with the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.

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