Crime & Justice

My Pal Andy Goodman’s Murder Made Him a Civil Rights Martyr

INSPIRATION

Andrew Goodman was one of three men murdered by a mob in Mississippi during Freedom Summer in 1964. Alan Gilbert writes about the pain of losing a childhood friend.

Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert
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Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert

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