James Chaney

James Chaney
Portrait of Chaney
Born	James Earl Chaney (1943-05-30)May 30, 1943 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	June 21, 1964(1964-06-21) (aged 21) Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder
Awards	Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 2014)

James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964. The others were Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from New York City.