African Americana

Press photograph of press conference during which FBI director J. Edgar Hoover appointed Roy K. Moore as agent in charge of strengthened FBI force in Mississippi following the disappearance of the three civil rights workers. Jackson, MS, 11 July 1964. 

10 x 8 in. silver gelatin photograph (minor corner wear). Caption in negative in right margin, ink stamps on verso. 

Mississippi governor Paul Johnson is shown answering questions at a Jackson, MS, press conference prior to J. Edgar Hoover's announcement (seated at right), appointing Roy K. Moore as chief FBI agent in Mississippi following the June 1964 disappearance of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. The three men were killed my members of the KKK in Philadelphia, MS, on 21 June 1964, and because of the efforts of Moore and his agents, 19 men were indicted and 7 were convicted.