At the time Mr Jones was only 17 in Mississippi. His grandmother made him join the NAACP Youth Council at age 14, 1964. He really dint get involved till age 17. Parents pushed their kids to the Civil Rights and for equality. They targeted the youth for change because if they adults did they could loose their jobs, houses and families. Integration happened but equality hasn't happened which is why the youth is still targeted for change. January 1964, Rita and Mickey Schwerner came to Mississippi. Eventually the NAACP was turned over to them. The KKK set Mickey up after he left Mississippi to get him to come back. They burned one of the Methodist church's down knowing he would come back. So he did. Chaney had asked Mr. Jones to go with him to Philadelphia because he refused to go with just 2 white men in the car. Mr Roscoe had forgotten he had to speak to some kids about the Civil Rights at a church. Mickey told him not to go instead to go speak at the church. So he did. If Mr. Jones had gone he would have been dead but it wasn't his time.
The next day Mr Jones and Sue started calling people to find where they were as Mickey had instructed. A 25,000 Bounty was put out for the 3 guys. August 4, 1964 the boys were dead. Everyone knew it. For years he felt guilty. He knew in his heart he should've been dead with them but it wasn't his time. God wasn't finished.
Ny'zha Taylor
City Neighbors High School
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