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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edgar_Ray_KillenEdgar Ray Killen - Wikipedia

    Edgar Ray Killen (January 17, 1925 – January 11, 2018) was an American Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964. [ 1 ][ 2 ] He was found guilty in state court of three counts of ...

  2. www.nytimes.com › 2018/01/12 › obituariesEdgar Ray Killen, Convicted in ’64 Killings of Rights Workers,...

    Jan 12, 2018 · Edgar Ray Killen, the former Klansman who was sentenced to a 60-year prison term in 2005 for arranging the murders of three young civil rights workers outside Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964 during...

  3. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsEdgar Ray Killen, convicted of 1964 'Mississippi Burning'...

    Jan 12, 2018 · JACKSON, Miss. — Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted in the 1964 'Mississippi Burning' slayings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age of...

  4. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-42671553Mississippi Burning case: KKK killer Edgar Ray Killen dies - BBC

    Edgar Ray Killen, the 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted over the infamous deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, has died. The 92-year-old was serving a 60-year...

  5. www.reuters.com › article › worldEdgar Ray Killen, convicted in 'Mississippi Burning' killings,...

    Jan 12, 2018 · (Reuters) - Edgar Ray Killen, the preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted and sent to prison more than 40 years after he plotted the 1964 slayings of three civil rights activists in...

  6. www.npr.org › sections › thetwo-wayEdgar Ray Killen Dies; Klansman Behind Civil Rights Workers ... -...

    Jan 12, 2018 · Edgar Ray Killen, the former Klansman responsible for the infamous murder of three Freedom Summer workers in 1964, has died in a Mississippi prison. Their story inspired the film...

  7. www.nytimes.com › 2005/06/24 › us41 Years Later, Ex-Klansman Gets 60 Years in Civil Rights Deaths

    Jun 24, 2005 · Edgar Ray Killen is sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in deaths of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Miss, in 1964; lawyer for 80-year-old former Klansman says he will...

  8. www.nytimes.com › 2005/06/22 › usFormer Klansman Guilty of Manslaughter in 1964 Deaths

    Jun 22, 2005 · Jury in Philadelphia, Miss, convicts Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter in deaths of young civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney, who disappeared in Neshoba...

  9. www.pbs.org › newshour › showFormer Ku Klux Klan Member Found Guilty of Manslaughter in 1964...

    Jun 21, 2005 · Former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen, 80, was found guilty of manslaughter Tuesday in the 1964 killing of three civil rights workers. Killen will be sentenced this Thursday and faces up...

  10. www.washingtonpost.com › news › retropolisWhat happened the day former KKK leader Edgar Ray Killen was...

    Jan 13, 2018 · Edgar Ray Killen, the preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted for plotting the 1964 killing of three civil rights activists in Mississippi, died in prison. (Video: Reuters)