Andrew Goodman (activist)
Andrew Goodman (November 23, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1964. Goodman and two fellow activists, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were volunteers for the Freedom Summer campaign that sought to register African-Americans to vote in Mississippi and to set up Freedom Schools for black Southerners.
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| Born | November 23, 1943 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | June 21, 1964 (aged 20) Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Education | Walden School Queens College, New York City |
| Occupation(s) | Social worker, Civil rights activist |
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| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (Posthumous; 2014) |
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