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Civil Rights Activist Carolyn Goodman Dies at 91

HeadlineAug 20, 2007

The civil rights activist Carolyn Goodman has died at the age of 91. Carolyn Goodman rose to national prominence following the murder of her son Andrew and two other civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. Goodman was politically active past her 90th birthday. Two years ago she testified at the trial of former Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen for her son’s murder.

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