Aftermath For Family
After the funeral of their oldest son, the Chaneys left Mississippi because of death threats. Helped by the Goodman and Schwerner families and other supporters, they moved to New York City, where Ben attended a private, majority-white high school. In 1969, Ben joined the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Party. In 1970 he went to Florida with two friends to buy guns; the two friends of Chaney killed men in South Carolina and Florida, and Chaney was also convicted of murder in Florida. Chaney served 13 years and after gaining parole, founded the James Earl Chaney Foundation in his brother's honor. Since 1985, he has worked "as a legal clerk for the former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the lawyer who secured his parole."
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