Honors
New York City named "Freedom Place," a four-block stretch in Manhattan's Upper West Side, in honor of Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney. A plaque on 70th Street and Freedom Place (Riverside Blvd) tells his story.
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Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“There is a moment when god honors falsehood.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)