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Twenty-four-year-old Schwerner had come to Mississippi in January of with his wife Rita after having been hired at a CORE field worker.  In his application for the CORE position, Sch werner, a native of New York City,  wrote "I have an emotional need to offer my services in the South."  Schwerner added that he hoped to spend "the rest of his life" working for an integrated society.  On January 15, , Michael and Rita left New York in their VW Beetle for Mississippi.  After talking with civil rights leader Bob Moses

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