Ku Klux Klan member, co-conspirator in murders of 3 civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964
Alton Wayne Roberts
Roberts's mugshot (1964)
Born
(1938-04-06)April 6, 1938
Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
September 11, 1999(1999-09-11) (aged 61)
Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting place
Quitman, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Bar owner, salesman, truck driver
Criminal status
Deceased
Spouse
Linda Walker
Motive
White supremacy
Conviction(s)
Conspiracy to deprive rights (18 U.S.C. § 241)
Criminal penalty
10 years imprisonment
Details
Victims
James Chaney, 21 Andrew Goodman, 20 Michael Schwerner, 24
Country
United States
State(s)
Mississippi
Alton Wayne Roberts (April 6, 1938 – September 11, 1999) was an American murderer and white supremacist. Roberts, a member of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, was convicted for his role in the 1964 Freedom Summer murders. He was the one who fatally shot two of the victims, Congress of Racial Equality civil rights activists Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. Roberts also shot the third activist, James Chaney, but it is debated by some that it was another accomplice, James Jordan, who had killed him. Jordan had identified Roberts as Chaney's killer. In 1967, he was charged and convicted of depriving the slain activists of their civil rights.
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