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:
“My heart’s subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“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.)