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Murder in Mississippi, as named by the artist, is a 1965 painting by Norman Rockwell which was commissioned for an article titled "Southern Justice" in the American magazine Look. The painting depicts the 1964 murders of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, and was intended to illustrate an article written on the murders by civil rights attorney Charles Morgan Jr. The painting is oil on canvas 53 x 42 inches (134.5 X 106.5 cm), and also has a pencil on board study of the same title, both of which reside in the collections of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Norman Rockwell Museum Charles Morgan Jr. James Chaney Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman Norman Rockwell