13 Facts About Michael Schwerner

Michael Henry Schwerner was an American civil rights activist.

Michael Schwerner was one of three Congress of Racial Equality field workers murdered in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Michael Schwerner's mother, Anne Siegel, was a science teacher at nearby New Rochelle High School, and his father, Nathan Schwerner, was a businessman.

Michael Schwerner attended Michigan State University, originally intending to become a veterinarian.

Michael Schwerner transferred to Cornell University and switched his major to rural sociology.

Michael Schwerner entered graduate school at the School of Social Work at Columbia University.

Michael Schwerner tried to establish contact with white working-class citizens of Meridian and went door-to-door to speak with them.

Michael Schwerner organized a black boycott of a popular variety store until it hired its first African American, under the principle of "don't shop where you can't work".

James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered near the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Michael Schwerner replied "Sir, I know just how you feel," before Roberts shot him in the heart.

Michael Schwerner said she believed that if only Chaney was missing and the two white men from New York had not been killed along with him, the case would not have received nearly as much national attention, as other black civil rights workers had earlier been killed in the South.

Michael Schwerner relied in part on evidence developed by Bradford.

Michael Schwerner was the only man charged with homicide in connection to the killings.