FBI FIELD DOCKET #MIBURN-64
Operation MIBURN: Investigation into Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Murders
Jurisdiction / Locale
Neshoba County & Jackson, MS
Operational Date
June 21 – August 4, 1964
Primary Category
FBI Field Investigation
Key Figures Involved
Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner, J. Edgar Hoover, KKK
Investigative Intelligence Summary
Following the disappearance of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, the Department of Justice initiated "MIBURN" (Mississippi Burning). Over 150 federal agents poured into the Meridian and Philadelphia field offices under intense public scrutiny and violent resistance by local law enforcement allied with the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Documented Historical Voice / Record
"When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. They don't."
— Historical Context & Production Synopsis