Andrew Goodman (activist)

Andrew Goodman
Born	(1943-11-23)November 23, 1943 New York City, U.S.
Died	June 21, 1964(1964-06-21) (aged 20) Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder
Education	Walden School University of Wisconsin-Madison Queens College, New York City
Occupation(s)	Social worker, Civil rights activist
Mother	Carolyn Goodman
Awards	Presidential Medal of Freedom (Posthumous; 2014)

Andrew Goodman (November 23, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1964. Goodman and two fellow activists, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were volunteers for the Freedom Summer campaign that sought to register African-Americans to vote in Mississippi and to set up Freedom Schools for black Southerners.