Mississippi Highway 19
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Mississippi Highway 19 (MS 19) is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs for 103 miles, serving the counties of Holmes, Attala, Winston, Neshoba, Newton, and Lauderdale.
On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner were driving on MS 19 from Philadelphia to Meridian after being released from the Neshoba County Jail. The three were evenutally pulled over by Cecil Price, a deputy with the Neshoba County Sheriff's department. Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner were eventually murdered by Ku Klux Klan members and buried in an earthen dam (see Mississippi civil rights worker murders).
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U.S. Highway 51
Mississippi Highway 35
Mississippi Highway 43
Mississippi Highway 12- Natchez Trace Parkway
Mississippi Highway 14
Mississippi Highway 25
Mississippi Highway 15
Mississippi Highway 21
Mississippi Highway 16
Interstate 20/Interstate 59/U.S. Highway 11/U.S. Highway 80
Mississippi Highway 39
U.S. Highway 45
Alabama State Route 10
