Andrew Goodman - Honors

Honors

New York State named Goodman Mountain, a 2,176-foot peak in the Adirondack Mountain town of Tupper Lake, NY, in Goodman's memory. Goodman and his family had spent summers there.

New York City named "Freedom Place," a four-block stretch in Manhattan's Upper West Side, in honor of Goodman. A plaque on 70th Street and Freedom Place (Riverside Blvd) tells his story.

Cedar Springs High School has a memorial to honor Goodman. The day of his murder is acknowledged each year on campus, and the clock tower of the campus library is dedicated to Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner.

The Walden School, at 88th Street and Central Park West, named its middle and upper school building in Goodman's memory. The Trevor Day School now occupies the building, and has maintained the building's name as the "Andrew Goodman Building".

His parents Robert and Carolyn Goodman set up the Andrew Goodman Foundation to support work for social justice.

An outdoor memorial theatre exists at Cedar Springs High School in Cedar Springs, MI, dedicated to the Freedom Summer alums. Miami University's now defunct Western Program also included historical lectures about Freedom Summer and the events of the massacre at this theater.

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