August 4, 2021
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner
Three civil rights workers went missing in Neshoba County, Mississippi. On this day in 1964, the bodies of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were discovered after they had been abducted and murdered by white supremacists and segregationists.
Also on this day
On this day in 1908, acclaimed writer Richard Wright was born in 1908.
One of America’s celebrated inventors, Lewis Latimer, was born on this day in 1848. He invented the incandescent light bulb.
On this day in 1981, Beyoncé Knowles Carter was born in Houston. She is arguably the worlds greatest artiste.
Los Angeles was settled as a city by 44 settlers on this day in 1781. Among these settlers were about 26 people of African descent and native populations. Los Angele, like the United States, was diverse in the beginning.