26K views · 317 reactions | The FBI discovered that Sam Bowers, head of the KKK, planned the murders. Information flowed, and names kept surfacing. Edgar Killen, aka The Preacher, was his right-hand man. The Klan waited for Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney to be released to carry out their wizard's orders. #KKK #CivilRights #Mississippi #FBI #SamBowers #EdgarKillen | The FBI Files | Facebook

In 1964, Mr. X told Agent Sullivan he knew where Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner were buried. His chilling words? "I think I can tell you where the bodies are buried." He revealed they were in an earthen dam at Old Jolly Farm. #Mississippi #CivilRights #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime | The FBI Files

#OnThisDay in 1964, the search for three missing civil rights activists — James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner — came to a tragic end. Learn more about the "Freedom Summer Murders": https://comca.st/37jq2r5 | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement