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Lawrence Andrew Rainey

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Lawrence Andrew Rainey

Birth
Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA
Death
8 Nov 2002 (aged 79)
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Kemper County, Mississippi, USA
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Folk Figure. Sheriff for Neshoba County Mississippi, His men led three civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan who murdered them. The State of Mississippi never brought murder charges. Rainey was acquitted of Federal Civil Rights charges at his 1967 trial. This case was the basis for the movie, "Mississippi Burning.
Folk Figure. Sheriff for Neshoba County Mississippi, His men led three civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan who murdered them. The State of Mississippi never brought murder charges. Rainey was acquitted of Federal Civil Rights charges at his 1967 trial. This case was the basis for the movie, "Mississippi Burning.

Bio by: Erik Lander

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  • Originally Created by: Erik Lander
  • Added: Jan 13, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10320695/lawrence_andrew-rainey: accessed ), memorial page for Lawrence Andrew Rainey (2 Mar 1923–8 Nov 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10320695, citing Bluff Springs Cemetery, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.