In 2006 , the cause was joined by teacher Barry Bradford and three of his high school students from Illinois : Mona Ghadiri , Agnes Mazur , and Callie McCune , as well as Professor Steven A. Drizin of the Northwestern University School of Law , Center On Wrongful Convictions . They led a coalition to convince Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to issue Kennard a full pardon . ( Bradford had worked with other high school students to collect information that led to the successful 2002 prosecution of murderers of the three civil rights workers in 1964 . ) Against the advice of leading Mississippi politicians , academics , and media , Barbour declined to give the pardon , concerned that it was for a deceased person . His spokesman said that Barbour had never pardoned anyone and would not do so for Kennard . He did acknowledge that Kennard was " entitled to have his rights restored . " Barbour designated March 30 as Clyde Kennard Day in the state , to attract attention and to commemorate Kennard 's " determination , the injustices he suffered , and his significant role in the history of the civil rights movement in Mississippi "
civil rights workers
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
Clyde Kennard