Freedom Schools were often targets of white mobs . So also were the homes of local African Americans involved in the campaign . That summer 30 black homes and 37 black churches were firebombed . Over 80 volunteers were beaten by white mobs or racist police officers . Three CORE activists , James Chaney , Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner , were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on June 21 , 1964 ( '' see '' Murders of Chaney , Goodman , and Schwerner ) . These deaths created nationwide publicity for the campaign
Murders of Chaney , Goodman , and Schwerner
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
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