Convicted Murder. He is remembered as the Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who ordered the murders of Civil Rights workers James Cheney, Mickey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman in June of 1964 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. This incident became known as the "Mississippi Burning," which was adapted as the plot for the 1988 film of the same name. For this crime, he was convicted of Civil Rights violations and spent six years in federal prison until his release in 1970. In 1998 he was convicted in Mississippi for the murder of Civil Rights activist Vernon Dahmer, who had been killed in January of 1966. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and died in the hospital of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
Convicted Murder. He is remembered as the Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who ordered the murders of Civil Rights workers James Cheney, Mickey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman in June of 1964 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. This incident became known as the "Mississippi Burning," which was adapted as the plot for the 1988 film of the same name. For this crime, he was convicted of Civil Rights violations and spent six years in federal prison until his release in 1970. In 1998 he was convicted in Mississippi for the murder of Civil Rights activist Vernon Dahmer, who had been killed in January of 1966. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and died in the hospital of the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
Bio by: Erik Lander
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See more Bowers memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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1930 United States Federal Census
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Louisiana, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current
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Florida, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current
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