A group of Freedom Summer volunteers and locals canvass in Mississippi. A PBS documentary, "Freedom Summer," looks back at an interracial group of college students who worked in Mississippi for 10 weeks in summer 1964 to register African-American voters.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
A group of Freedom Summer volunteers and locals canvass in Mississippi. A PBS documentary, "Freedom Summer," looks back at an interracial group of college students who worked in Mississippi for 10 weeks in summer 1964 to register African-American voters.
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A missing persons poster displays the photographs of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney and Michael Henry Schwerner after they disappeared in Mississippi. It was later discovered that they were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
A missing persons poster displays the photographs of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney and Michael Henry Schwerner after they disappeared in Mississippi. It was later discovered that they were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Edie Black, a volunteer from Smith College, teaches freedom school at Mileston, a community of independent African-American farmers in the Mississippi Delta near Lexington.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
Edie Black, a volunteer from Smith College, teaches freedom school at Mileston, a community of independent African-American farmers in the Mississippi Delta near Lexington.
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Johnny Waters, Ceola Wallace and Jake Plum explain registration procedures to prospective voter Willie McGee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
Johnny Waters, Ceola Wallace and Jake Plum explain registration procedures to prospective voter Willie McGee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates and supporters stage a demonstration on the boardwalk in front of the Atlantic City convention center.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates and supporters stage a demonstration on the boardwalk in front of the Atlantic City convention center.
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Rita Schwerner, wife of slain civil rights leader Mickey Schwerner, attends a boardwalk rally.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
Rita Schwerner, wife of slain civil rights leader Mickey Schwerner, attends a boardwalk rally.
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Bob Moses, a Freedom Summer organizer, speaks on the convention floor in Atlantic City.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
Bob Moses, a Freedom Summer organizer, speaks on the convention floor in Atlantic City.
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Fannie Lou Hamer attends the Democratic National Convention as part of the Freedom Summer delgation.
PBS looks back at "Freedom Summer" —
Fannie Lou Hamer attends the Democratic National Convention as part of the Freedom Summer delgation.
courtesy George Ballis/Take Stock/PBS