Alton Wayne Roberts

Deceased Person

1938 – 1999

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Who was Alton Wayne Roberts?

Alton Wayne Roberts was a Klansman convicted of depriving slain activists Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney of their civil rights in 1964. He personally shot two of the three civil rights workers before his accomplices buried their bodies in a dam.

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Born
Apr 6, 1938
Died
Sep 11, 1999
Meridian

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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